The Red Well
Location
It stands beside a path leading from the village down to the shore.
Boyndie, Banff, Banffshire
Description
Red Well is a well fed by a chalybeate spring said to have healing properties. It lies within a tall circular structure with a beehive-shaped or domed roof. An iron gate forms the entrance.
Related Information
Chalybeate spring traditionaly believed to have been built in Roman times, said to be
haunted by an old woman dressed in black, once a keeper of the well?
Era
Medieval
Information Source
Www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology/, Banff and Buchan an illustrated architectural guide (McKean & Walker, RIAS Edinburgh 1990), Stanley Bruce.
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- Stanley Bruce
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