What is recorded here

Delgatie Castle, Lady Mary's Well stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, marked on the official map with a point accurate to the nearest metre. The water may have refreshed hungry travellers or fed the castle kitchens, while Mary herself perhaps drank from it before journeys or sat beside it when the estate work paused. A well belongs to the living and the dead at once, giving life to both without asking permission.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Delgatie Castle, Lady Mary's Well as Well (period Unassigned). 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.

Delgatie Castle, Lady Mary's Well is associated with the Gordon family and dates to the 16th or 17th century. It is remembered for its historical connection to Lady Mary Gordon, who was briefly Queen of Scotland as the second wife of James V.

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