
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Inverkeithing, Heriot Street, 'st Heriot's Well' as Holy Well (13th 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.
St Heriot's Well is associated with St Heriot, a 6th-century Scottish saint and disciple of St Columba, believed to have been a hermit and healer. The well was traditionally visited for its supposed curative properties, particularly for eye ailments and general healing, and is linked to local folklore surrounding the saint's miracles.
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Places near here
War MemorialMemorial · 19 yd
Inverkeithing, Church Street, St Peter's Parish ChurchChurch (medieval), Font (medieval) · 43 yd
Inverkeithing, Baptist ChurchChurch (20th Century) · 98 yd
Mercat CrossMonument · 150 yd
Inverkeithing, Bank StreetMarket Cross (16th Century), Sundial (17th Century) · 150 yd
Inverkeithing, High StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 372 yd
Inner BayBay · 913 yd
Inverkeithing CemeteryCemetery (19th Century), Cultivation Terrace(s) (period Unknown) · 1025 yd
Letham Hill WoodWood · 1548 yd
Castlandhill WoodsWood · 1632 yd
Inverkeithing BayBay · 1.0 miOther information
Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0