St Mary's Well, Auchterless

Grid reference

NJ 727 426 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

372700 842600

Latitude

57.473063180474824

Longitude

-2.455236013831369

Altitude (metres)

65

County

Aberdeenshire

Nearby places

St Mary's Chapel, Auchterless (0.06 miles)

Thomastown, Auchterless (0.35 miles)

Auchterless, parish (1.07 miles)

St Mary's Well, ~well, Turriff (1.55 miles)

St Donan's Well, Auchterless ABD (1.98 miles)

Object Classification

Water

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NSA Auchterless, 287: 'There is a well fully a mile east from the church, supposed to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Within the recollection of some of the oldest inhabitants, money and other articles were deposited on Pash Sunday by those whose superstitious feelings led them to frequent the well, in expectation of some benefit to be derived from drinking the water dedicated to the holy Virgin. Close by this fountain are the remains of a place of worship, to which had been attached a burying-ground, where several families of distinction were interred. The old chapel had been used, as is thought, for a bead-house during the time of Popery.'

Relationships with other parishes

Within Auchterless, parish