St Michael's Well, Station Road
Date Added: 22 May 2017
Year: 1990
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2017_014_10 | ▶
Picture No: 13332
Colour slide of the site of St Michael's Well, Station Road Dornoch. Retracing steps from the bungalow on the outskirts of the town, this site stands at the edge the Dornoch Industrail Estate. The inscribed stone "St Michael's Well was placed at this spot by the Sutherland Estates factor, George Gunn, who lived at Rhives near Golspie. The Reform Act of 1832 decreed that voters in the Royal Burgh had to live within seven miles of St Michael's Well. The actual well lay just beyond the accepted distance. Nothing daunted Mr Gunn had the stone hewn, inscribed and erected-here near enough to Rhives to let Mr Gunn keep his voting rights.
Dimensions: Length 50 mm - Width 50 mm
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