What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunfermline, St John's Chapel and Chapel Well as Chapel (14th Century), Farmstead (18th Century), Well (14th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St John's Chapel and Chapel Well in Dunfermline are associated with St John the Baptist, a figure commonly linked to healing and purification in Scottish sacred sites. The well, dating from the 14th century, may have been used for ritual washing or as a site of pilgrimage, reflecting broader medieval Christian traditions of holy wells and their curative properties.
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Places near here
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Dunfermline, Old Linburn Road, Gate PiersGate Pier(s) (19th Century) · 552 yd
Dunfermline, Linburn Road, FlatsFlats (20th Century) · 1059 yd
Dunfermline, Halbeath Road, East End Park, Dunfermline Athletic Football GroundFootball Ground (19th Century) - (20th Century), Stadium (20th Century) · 1202 yd
Dunfermline, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline Cemetery, War MemorialsCemetery (19th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 1308 yd
Calais Muir WoodWood · 1.1 mi
St. Margaret's RC Memorial ChurchMemorial · 1.1 mi
HalbeathNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
North WoodWood · 1.2 mi
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace MuseumMuseum · 1.4 mi
Dunfermline, Monastery StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Dunfermline AbbeyHeritage attraction · 1.5 mi