Mary Rae's Well, Bellshill
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Mary Rae's Well, Bellshill
Image: © Becky Williamson Taken: 13 Feb 2010
This 'well' marks the site of a spring where Mary Rae nursed her fiancee, a Covenanter named Robert Lambie, who had been wounded at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679. According to some (more romantic) sources, both Robert Lambie and Mary Rae died together here. Other sources say they survived. For wording on the information board, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275888 and for photo of Lambie's farm, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275858.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.807028
Longitude
-4.036186