OS1/13/74/1/37
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CHALYBEATE SPRING [NE of Inverkeithing] | Chalybeate Spring Chalybeate Spring Chalybeate Spring |
Mr. Fowles Mr. Stewart Mr. Pringle |
039 | [situation] About 1 3/8 Miles N.E. of Inverkeithing. A rapid Spring of water caused by boring for Ironstone. the water is strongly impregnated with Iron, but it is not used for medical purposes. There was formerly a fountain to protect the Spring, but the fountain has been allowed to go to Ruin. [Quotation] " Near the termination of Fordel Glen there is a mineral well, a minute analysis of which is to be found in Professor Jameson's Philosphical Journal for the year 1829." New Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] |
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