What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Kirk Loan, Corstorphine Parish Church as Church (15th Century), Gate Pier(s) (post 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.
Linked to St Cuthbert, the site may have been a place of pilgrimage and prayer, reflecting broader medieval traditions of holy wells and sacred sites in Scotland. Local folklore sometimes associates such locations with healing waters, though specific cures connected to this site are not well documented.
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Places near here
Corstorphine ChurchChurch, cross or graveyard · 19 yd
Edinburgh, Kirk Loan, Corstorphine Parish Church, Proposed New Hall SiteHall (period Unassigned) · 43 yd
Edinburgh, Corstorphine High Street, Corstorphine Parish Church HallArchitectural Fragment(s) (16th Century), Church Hall (post Medieval) · 56 yd
Edinburgh, Kirk Loan, Corstorphine Parish Church, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 67 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 68 yd
Edinburgh, Corstorphine, Ladywell AvenueNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 659 yd
Darwin's RheaHeritage attraction · 903 yd
VicunaHeritage attraction · 1010 yd
HilltopViewpoint · 1063 yd
Gyle ParkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1254 yd
Orienteering on Corstorphine HillMountain or hill · 1262 yd
Corstorphine HillMountain / peak · 1362 ydOther information
Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0