Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Curate's Well

Curate's Well, a copious intermittent spring on the glebe of Dunsyre, in Dunsyre parish, Lanarkshire. It issues from two circular patches of soft sand, engirt with very hard clay and gravel; and at intervals of five or ten minutes it bubbles up as if emitting air.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a copious intermittent spring"   (ADL Feature Type: "springs (hydrographic)")
Administrative units: Dunsyre ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty

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