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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTS' WELL | Abbot's Well Abbot's Well Abbot's Well |
Revd. [Reverend] D. Anderson Minister Newburgh James Wilson Schoolmaster Newburgh Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 |
004 | A small well of excellent water situated N.W. [North West] side of Clatchard Craig. It is supposed (in the neigbourhood) to have been anciently used to supply water to the inmates of Lindores Abbey. |
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[Page] 46In the hills on the south of the ruin the Monks and the Abbots' Wells are still
pointed out to strangers but the present generation have even lost the recollection as
they repose but little faith in their virtues of the many miraculous cures which at no
very remote period were ascribed to these waters.
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fife. page 68.
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