BurnsWellspring.com
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Burnswell Spring (Mauchline) Ltd.
Description
Andrew and David Cooper built adjoining houses in the centre of Mauchline, while doing this; they lifted a manhole cover and discovered an artesian well rising into a brick vaulted chamber. Enquiries provided the information that the existing structure had been built in 1902 by Ayr County Council and that it provided water to the village of Mauchline for 10 years and was then abandoned when the new mains water pipeline was laid to serve Mauchline.
Although the new well was used to supply drinking water for the village of Mauchline, it had been used hundreds of years previously, pre-dating the time the Cisterian Monks formed a Monastery in Mauchline (the Abbot's Tower still remains) in the twelfth century. The history of Mauchline dates back to 681 A.D.
The water from the spring has been tested by Food Scan of Paisley and by our local Environmental Health Department both of whom passed it as potable. One official stated that the water 'so good it could be bottled straight from the well'.
