Black Arthur's Well, Smallburn
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Black Arthur's Well, Smallburn
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gordonstown; Battle Of Tillyangus; Battle Of Tillieangus
Canmore ID 17722
Site Number NJ52SW 8
NGR NJ 52221 24736
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17722
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Clatt
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ52SW 8 52221 24736.
(NJ 5222 2472) Black Arthur's Well (Site of) (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
The well was filled in long ago. Traditionally Lord Arthur Forbes (known as Black Arthur) was killed while drinking here during the Battle of Tillyangus (NJ52SW 6) in 1571. Simpson (1949) says that its site is still pointed out.
Name Book 1866; W D Simpson 1949.
There is no trace of a well at the published site.
Visited by OS (RL) 12 September 1967.
Nothing is visible of this well; it lay in a natural NE-facing amphitheatre that now forms part of a cultivated field.
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW; PC), 9 September 1998.
