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<< Our Photo Pages >> Queen's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Angus

Submitted by KiwiBetsy on Wednesday, 24 January 2007  Page Views: 11889

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Queen's Well Alternative Name: Well of the White Stone, Tobar na Clachan Gealaich
Country: Scotland County: Angus Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Edzell  Nearest Village: Kirkton
Map Ref: NO419829
Latitude: 56.933722N  Longitude: 2.95633W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Queen's Well
Queen's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : Lord Dalhousie was responsible for erecting the structure we see today soon after Queen Victoria's visit. It is made from 6 rough hewn granite arches converging to meet in the centre like the crown of St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. It is 20 feet high with a hewn freestone cross on the top. The public road up Glen Esk ends at a large car park at Kirkton. A track leads off to the right a littl... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Angus

The Queen's Well is to be found in Glen Mark, which lies at the head of Glen Esk and to the north of Loch Lee. After staying at the nearby Invermark Lodge in September 1861, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert stopped at the spring, then known as White Well, to drink of it's refreshing waters before travelling further on up Glen Mark and on to their home at Balmoral Castle.


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Queen's Well
Queen's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : Under the arches the spring wells up into a central basin and spills out into the surrounding channel through holes just below the top ring of stones and from there drains away via channels to eventually join the burn which flows down the glen. Below the top ring of stones of the central basin you can just make out some writing through gaps in the moss. This reads ........ ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NO4182 : Queen's Well in Glen Mark by Alan Reid
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NO4182 : Inscription on Queen's Well, Glenmark by Matt Beard
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NO4182 : Queen's Well, Glen Mark by Karl and Ali
by Karl and Ali
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NO4182 : The Queen's Well, Glen Mark by Trevor Littlewood
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