What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Canongate, St Thomas's Hospital as Chapel (16th Century), Hospital (medieval). 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 Thomas's Hospital in Canongate, Edinburgh, was a medieval hospital and 16th-century chapel dedicated to St Thomas, traditionally associated with the care of the sick and poor. It is linked to the broader tradition of hospital chapels in Scotland, often connected to pilgrimage and healing practices.
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