What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Greenside Row, Carmelite Friary as Chapel (medieval), Friary (medieval), Hospital (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to the Carmelite Order, the friary was established in the 13th century and served as a religious and charitable centre, possibly associated with healing traditions common in medieval monastic sites. No specific saint or cure is recorded in local folklore, though holy wells or sacred springs were sometimes connected to friaries for ritual use.
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