Newburgh, Abbot's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Newburgh, Abbot's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lindores Abbey
Canmore ID 30075
Site Number NO21NW 19
NGR NO 2407 1795
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30075
- Council Fife
- Parish Abdie
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO21NW 19 2407 1795
Abbots' Well (NR)
OS 25" map, (1914)
(NO 2407 1795) Abbot's Well (NR)
OS 6" map, Fife, (1920)
Abbot's Well together with the Monks' Well (N021NW 10) are believed to have provided Lindores Abbey with water. According to the NSA (1845) people drinking the water have been miraculously cured.
A natural spring in the hillside, with no built structure and no appearance of ever having had one. There is nothing to indicate it's archaeological importance.
Name Book 1854; NSA 1845; Information from D C Baird 19 June 1956, visited by June 1952.
A natural spring issuing from the hillside. Name is still known locally.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 May 1970.
