Photographic copy of a view into the well/Chapel, showing the carved face of the well mouth within. Sepia ink on paper.
SC 572472
Description Photographic copy of a view into the well/Chapel, showing the carved face of the well mouth within. Sepia ink on paper.
Date c. 1819
Catalogue Number SC 572472
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of EDD 209/4 P
Scope and Content Early 19th-century drawing of St Triduana's Chapel, Restalrig, Edinburgh St Triduana's Chapel, dating from the 15th century, stands at the south-west corner of ancient parish church of Restalrig. The chapel was dedicated to the obscure St Triduana, who acquired a reputation for curing eye complaints. The chapel, originally on two levels, was entered by a door in the north-west face. The upper level, destroyed during the Reformation, was used as a chapel, and the lower vaulted area, covered by an earthen mound until 1907, may have contained a well. The cult of St Triduana at Restalrig is supposed to have involved healing waters, and it is possible that they flowed from a well in the lower chamber. The blind journeyed from all parts of the country to 'mend their ene' in the special waters. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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