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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Drostan's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 15805

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Drostan's Well
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: New Aberdour
Map Ref: NJ887646  Landranger Map Number: 30
Latitude: 57.671129N  Longitude: 2.191095W
Condition:
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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.
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no data 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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St Drostan's Well
St Drostan's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : Heading east on the B9031 take a left turn (toward the sea) just before New Aberdour. The road passes Old Aberdour Church before ending in a carpark at the shingle beach. The well is just to the east of the carpark at the base of a hill. St Drostan used the water of this spring to baptise local people and was famed for his miracle cures. St Drostan died at Glenesk in 809AD. His remains we... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well / Spring in Aberdeenshire

KiwiBetsy writes:
Heading east on the B9031 take a left turn (toward the sea) just before New Aberdour. The road passes Old Aberdour Church before ending in a carpark at the shingle beach. The well is just to the east of the carpark at the base of a hill. St Drostan used the water of this spring to baptise local people and was famed for his miracle cures. St Drostan died at Glenesk in 809AD. His remains were conveyed from Glenesk to Aberdour where they were placed in a stone coffin and long believed to work wondrous cures.
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St Drostan's Well
St Drostan's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : The well features a Victorian pink granite basin and cover carved with a scallop shell motif. The well bears the inscription “St Drostan's Well 1884 Erected by J Findlater LLD, a native of Aberdour". (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NJ8864 : Car park at Aberdour Bay by Haworth Hodgkinson
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NJ8864 : Aberdour Beach by Richard Webb
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NJ8864 : Aberdour Beach by Stephen McKay
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