Tom Tough's Well
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Tom Tough's Well
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 8 Sep 2017
The well was erected in 1880, one of many drinking fountains provided in Victorian times for the benefit of thirsty travellers, but even the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, while noting its existence, is silent on the subject of Tom Tough himself. See https://canmore.org.uk/site/147829/glenmillan-house-tom-toughs-well for details. The census records Thomas Tough and his wife Dorothy or Dorothea living at Glenmillan in 1841 and 1851. In 1841 Thomas is described as a blacksmith, but in 1851 he is a former veterinary surgeon, aged 78. So it is probably after him that the well is named. Naturally the well no longer provides water, having no doubt fallen victim to health and safety legislation like all its fellows.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.141129
Longitude
-2.669194