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Edinburgh, Meadowbank, London Road, St Margaret's Well

Holy Well (15th Century)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Meadowbank, London Road, St Margaret's Well as Holy Well (15th 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 Margaret's Well is associated with St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, who was known for her piety and is venerated as a patron saint of childbirth and women's health. The well may have been a site of pilgrimage and healing, reflecting the widespread medieval tradition of holy wells dedicated to saints for physical and spiritual cure.

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