Macfadyen, K. (2017). Lady Well, Dumfried House, South Ayrshire: Excavation, June 2017. Addyman Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1047668. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Lady Well, Dumfried House, South Ayrshire: Excavation, June 2017
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Series:		 Addyman Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The Lady's Well was a classical garden building of the mid-18th century lying within the policies of Dumfries House. This building was blown up and mostly destroyed in the 1940s by soldiers stationed at the military camp located on the northern part of the estate. A series of phases of excavation of the surviving remnants was made to locate and assess how much survived of the Lady's Well and any detail of its construction to inform reconstruction of the structure. An initial evaluation trench confirmed the site of the well base, revealing its east and south sides, three corners, the bases of three corner piers and flagstone paving within. Later phases of excavation uncovered the structure in its entirety and established much of the workings as well as the associated historic ground surface. The depth, construction and surviving extent of the foundations was also established. A large tree growing on the western corner of the structure was removed in order to reveal the remainder of the structure, which occasioned some disturbance to the western part. An original overflow system was also exposed utilising horseshoe field drainage. However, the use of the structure as a well for drawing water appeared unlikely and an alternative suggestion of a garden feature . A large number of ex situ carved stones lying partly buried in the immediate vicinity have previously been cleaned, recorded, catalogued and reported on in December 2016 (Morrison and Macfadyen 2015). The majority of these were identifiable architectural elements that corresponded to stones on a reconstruction drawing of the structure.
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Author:		 K Macfadyen
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Publisher:		 Addyman Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic Environment Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
West of Scotland Archaeological Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Lady's Well, Dumfries House
County: Ayrshire and Arran
Parish: OLD CUMNOCK
Country: Scotland
Grid Reference: 253864, 620662 (Easting, Northing)
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PERIOD UNKNOWN (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) GARDEN TEMPLE (Find)
PERIOD UNKNOWN (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) GARDEN TEMPLE (Monus)
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Created Date:		 02 Jul 2018