Just four miles from Kinross, Scotland, the village of Scotlandwell gets its name from this Historic Well. Named 'Fons Scotiae' by the Romans, the well was found here over 2000 years ago. In the 13th century, the well water was thought to have curative powers by the Red Friars who maintained a hospital near here. The well was visited by pilgrims, the most famous of whom was King Robert the Bruce of Scotland, who, it is alleged found a cure for Leprosy here.
The current ornamental Well was completed in 1858 at a cost of £154 ($190).
The Wash House, was built in 1860 and provided the villagers of Scotlandwell with a stylish and hygienic place to launder clothes.
Description
On the face of the Well are carved the date 1858 and two sets of initials - TBA and HD - which stand for the village benefactor Thomas Bruce of Arnot and his wife Henrietta Dorin.
In the mid-nineteenth century local landowner Thomas Bruce of Arnot set about improving the area around the Well for the benefit of the villagers. He commissioned the eminent Scottish architect David Bryce (1803-76) to design an ornamental Well and elegant stone Wash House which were erected next to the Well Green where clothes were bleached and dried.
The Wash House was last used in the early 1960s.
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