Location
On the east side of the A981 on the north edge of the village
Strichen, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 943 555
Description
A spring flowing into a granite trough in what was once an elegant architectural setting with a curved backing wall flanked by fluted carved stone columns surmounted with carved balls. This fountain like so much of Aberdeenshire's public built environment has been rather spoiled by a disastrous combination of un-sympathetic 'restoration/stabilisation', neglect and the megalomania of the roads department. We make getting by car from A to B such a priority that we risk destroying any good reason to go, except of course pointless working and shopping which is the only reason for our existence in the minds of our leaders. The purpose of the new ashlar housing seems to be to display an ugly sign to tell us this is not drinking water. When did it cease to be and why?
Era
1800s
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- David Watson Hood
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