Springs of Scotland - Lady's Well, Saint Inan, Knock Castle Hotel and Spa, Ythan Wells, Ashaig, Lady Well, Morris Wells (Paperback)

Chapters: Lady's Well, Saint Inan, Knock Castle Hotel and Spa, Ythan Wells, Ashaig, Lady Well, Morris Wells. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Lady's Well is beside the Tour rivulet in Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire. (NS 4144 4063), Scotland. Next to the Saint Maurs-Glencairn church in Kilmaurs is a patch of woodland which was once an orchard. The Tour Rivulet joins the Carmel Water nearby and before the confluence can be found an old well, covered over, known as the Lady's well, with never-failing, excellent and refeshingly cool water. A small wooden bridge used to run across to it from the church glebe side. The hamlet of Pathfoot existed nearby, however no remains are visible today apart from irregularities in the surface of the ground. The orchard is no longer present, however some Crab apples are present that may have reverted back from the old orchard trees. The occupants of old Pathfoot no doubt used the well water as a purer source of water than the Tour Rivulet. The remains of a group of the pre-reformation ecclesiatical collegiate church buildings lie close by, including a doocot. The 'Tower' or 'Tour' was taken down some years ago and only the foundations now exist. Today (2007) the well is sadly neglected although it is substantially intact. The entrance to the well. The path to the well in spring.The "Lady's Well" is a rectangular compartment of ashlar masonry, 2.5m in length, 1.1m wide at the opening, and 1.4m high. It is built into the bank, a short distance above the stream, and has been partly restored some years past with a partly (a repair) concrete roof which slopes gradually downwards from the entrance to the rear. The well is filled with water, however it does not flow as it must have done in the past, probably due to nearby f...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=954905