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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITING NESS | Whiting Ness Whiting Ness Whitling Ness White Ness |
New Statistical Acct. [Account] Revd. [Reverend] John Muir "The Cliffs & Caves of Arbroath" Johnston's County Map |
046 | [Situation] On the Shore In the South end of the parish A Headland or Ness at the Commencement of the Cliffs at the East side of the Town of Arbroath, so named from the Quantity of Whiting Caught thereat. |
| ST NINIAN'S WELL | St. Ninian's Well St. Ninian's Well St. Ninian's Well |
Mr. John Bremner "The Cliffs & Caves of Arbroath" Revd. [Reverend] John Muir |
046 | At the NW. [North West] side of Whiting Ness A Small Well at the Commencement of the Cliffs on the Farm of West Seaton, it is So named from its proximity to the Site of St. Ninian's Chapel. |
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[Page] 128Parish of St. Vigeans -- Sheet 46 No. 16 Trace 2
St. Ninian's Well [note]
"Having now arrived at the foot of the Cliffs on our left we observe a small spring of excellent water issuing from
the side of the rock this is called St. Ninian's or more commonly St. Ringan's Well near which tradition says a
small Chapel stood dedicated to that Saint and served in Sacra by a monk from the Abbey of Aberbrothock
but no vestiges of a chapel now remain. Although the well is not in itself particularly attractive for it is
only a hollow scooped out of the rock yet being in the vicinity of scenery of the most grand and romantic kind
and associated with a legend of the most heart-stirring interest, rendered more attractive by the poetic
witchery which has been thrown over it by the late Alexander Balfour a native poet of considerable merit
who in his tradition tale of Mary Scott of Eden-Knowe has gained for the spot an imperishable
fame. It is much resorted to by the Arbroath pedestrians who in their walks make it as it were a
shrine of pilgrimage."
Cliffs and Caves near Arbroath
by J. Bremner
"St. Ninian's Well had long a popish and great fame for curing several diseases but has long since been uniformily
estimated at its true value." Fullarton's Gazetteer
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