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THE NETHERBOW WELLHEAD

THE NETHERBOW
WELLHEAD

THIS WELLHEAD OR CISTERN, IS THE
OLDEST OF TEE SURVIVING CISTERNS,
DESIGNED BY SIR WILLIAM BRUCE
SURVEYOR OF THE ROYAL WORKS
AND FIRST BUILT BY ROBERT MYLNE,
KING'S MASTER MASON, IN AROUND
1675. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REBUILT
THE CISTERNS PROVIDED WATER
FROM COMISTON SPRINGS VIA THE
CASTLEHILL RESERVOIR FOR THE
INHABITANTS OF THE OLD TOWN

 

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