Kilwinning's Pheesic Well
3 September
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The Pheesic Well in the McGavin Park
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Kilwinning's old Pheesic Well
The old Pheesic Well in Kilwiinning had Chalybeate waters, also known as ferruginous waters, rich in iron salts, which in 1794 were thought to have therapeutic properties, particularly helpful to those persons with nervous complaints.
The well was situated at the north end of the bridge over the railway to Ardrossan. The Glasgow and South Western Railway's construction works in 1839 destroyed it, however the tenant farmer of the land concerned, Mr Jack, saved the head stones and William Brown, farmer, presented them to the Reverend Ker, who at first kept them in the manse gardens before moving them to the Abbey grounds.
The McGavin Park centenary funds were used to move the old well's stones to the park where the Kilwinning and District Preservation committee had grand plans to display them in a setting designed by one Nigel Lloyd, however funds were insufficient and Cunninghame District Council set about completing the project, which was actually finished by BEST Ltd.
The stones were ceremonially 'unveiled' on 27th March 1989 and are still to be seen in the park to this day.
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