What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, St Anthony's Well as Holy Well (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 Anthony's Well in Holyrood Park is traditionally associated with St Anthony the Hermit and is linked to healing and protection folklore. The well was once a site of pilgrimage and may have been used for ritual purification or to seek cures for ailments, reflecting broader medieval Christian devotional practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
St Anthony's ChapelVisitor information · 75 yd
Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Queen's Drive, St Anthony's Chapel and HermitageBurial Ground (post Medieval), Chapel (15th Century), Hermitage (religious) (15th Century), Storehouse (15th Century) · 83 yd
St Anthony's Chapel and St Margaret's LochChurch, cross or graveyard · 101 yd
Edinburgh, Queen's Park, St Margaret's Loch and Hunters BogNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 111 yd
Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Haggis KnoweCultivation Terrace(s) (period Unassigned) · 113 yd
Haggis KnoweMountain / peak · 159 yd
Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Hunter's BogBuilding (period Unassigned) · 217 yd
Whinny HillMountain / peak · 417 yd
St Margaret's WellSpring · 430 yd
Elsie InglisMemorial · 531 yd
Cairn for Margaret HallMemorial · 555 yd
Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Spring GardensNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 568 yd