Newburgh, Mount Pleasant, Monks' Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Newburgh, Mount Pleasant, Monks' Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lindores Abbey
Canmore ID 30066
Site Number NO21NW 10
NGR NO 2373 1795
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Newburgh
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO21NW 10 2373 1795
Monks' Well (NR)
OS 25" map, (1914)
(Name: NO 2389 1793) Monk's Well (NR)
OS 6" map, (1938)
This is a natural spring with a stone housing about 3' x 3' x 3'. It is traditionally the well used by the Lindores monks, the water being led by an apparently artificial course called the "Rood-linn-burn" or the Holywell burn to the Abbey. This was covered up about 1850 and its name was almost forgotten by 1876.
A Laing 1876; Information from D C Baird 19 June 1956.
NO 2373 1795. The housing, which covers Monks' Well (name confirmed), is modern.
Visited by OS (R D), 18 May 1970.
