What is recorded here
Douglas Square holds an old well that has watched Newcastleton since medieval times. Water still rises through stone long after human hands stopped shaping it. The town changed around the well, but the well continued unchanged.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newcastleton, Douglas Square, Old Well as Well (post Medieval). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Newcastleton, Douglas Square, K2 Telephone KioskTelephone Box (20th Century) · 22 yd
Newcastleton, Douglas Square, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 30 yd
Boosie PlantationForest · 626 yd
Whithaugh BurnStock Enclosure (post Medieval) · 1749 yd
Millholm CrossCross (medieval) · 1752 yd
Castle HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Swarf HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Blackburn FallsWaterfall · 1.9 mi
RedheughTower House (medieval) · 2.0 mi
Liddel CastleEarthwork (period Unassigned), Fortification (period Unassigned), Motte and Bailey (medieval) · 2.2 mi
Leahaugh BankWood · 2.9 mi
Reiver TrailVisitor information · 2.9 mi