Angus HER - NO33SE0001 - NINE MAIDENS' WELL, PITEMPTON

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NameNINE MAIDENS' WELL, PITEMPTON
NRHE Card No.NO33SE1
NRHE Numlink 31911
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Site of a well. The Nine Maidens' Well, to which is attached a local legend, is in a hollow on the north side of the former railway, about 46 m (50 yards) west of the road leading down to West Mill of Baldoran. It was about 1.21 m square, bound with round rough stones, and covered with a flagstone. The Ordnance Name Book noted that farmer had it closed up in 1859 as the numbers of people visiting it were damaging his crops. The Nine Maidens had a chapel in Strathdighty which probably stood at Pitempton. When revisited by the OS in 1958, a spring still emitted in the field at this spot, but there was no masonry around it, forming a well.
Last Update07/01/2021
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