Road-side well
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Road-side well
Image: © Mark Klimek Taken: 18 Mar 2006
This is all that remains of a natural spring set into the wall seen here on the right hand side. It lost its tap and cast iron front when it was vandalised in the 1980s. I heard it referred to locally as Johnny-blue's well. There is a reference to "Johnny Blue" in "The Annals of Barrhead".
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Image Location
Latitude
55.786472
Longitude
-4.398454