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Aberdeen, Castle Street, the Green Fountain

Fountain (18th Century) (1710)
Aberdeen, Castle Street, the Green Fountain
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Aberdeen, Castle Street, the Green Fountain is an 18th Century fountain dated 1710. It stands in Aberdeen City, Scotland, where Castle Street still carries the name of the castle that shaped the town. The green fountain may have marked water for drink, washing or pride, while also giving the street a living voice in the sound of falling water.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Aberdeen, Castle Street, the Green Fountain as Fountain (18th Century) (1710). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0