Hermitage Park: the Wishing Well
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Hermitage Park: the Wishing Well
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 27 Mar 2013
Or the Hermit's Well. See Image and Image for context. See Image for the upper part of the interior, which is not visible from this angle. Information panels present in the park by 2021 call this the Hermit's Well. According to http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php/heritage/places/1134-the-history-of-hermitage-park (at the Helensburgh Heritage site), the well and its grotto were formed in 1914. See that link for a detailed discussion, which includes comments on the origins of the name Hermitage Park (which displaced the earlier name Cramb Park).
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Image Location
Latitude
56.007544
Longitude
-4.72818