What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Sciennes, Dominican Convent as Hospital (17th Century), Nunnery (16th Century). 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.
The Dominican Convent in Sciennes, Edinburgh, was originally a 16th-century nunnery and later served as a 17th-century hospital, reflecting religious and charitable functions in early modern Scotland. No specific saint, cure, or folklore is directly associated with the site in historical records.
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