Dalmeny Park, St Margaret's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dalmeny Park, St Margaret's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Warren Well; Dalmeny House Policies
Canmore ID 50457
Site Number NT17NE 73
NGR NT 15336 79339
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50457
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Dalmeny
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County West Lothian
NT17NE 737 15336 79339
St Margaret's Well [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
St Margaret's Well is a spring well from which a spring flows to the high water mark. There are no traditions as to whether it was a holy well. Local informants suppose that it was named after Queen Margaret, sometimes called St Margaret.
Name Book 1855
Warren Well, often called St Margaret's Well.
T Orrock 1880
This spring well was thought to be names after Queen Margaret. This was too far inland and was not visited during the survey.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
