What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, St Vining'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 Vining's Well is associated with St Vining, a 7th-century Irish monk and companion of St Cuthbert, believed to have founded a hermitage in the area. The well was historically visited for its supposed healing properties, particularly for eye ailments, and was a site of pilgrimage and local Christian devotion.
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