St. Anthony's Well is a natural spring found in Edinburgh which has a peculiar shape and is thought to be a source of holy water. Its waters are said to have healing properties, being used as a method of alternative healing up into the late 19th century. The water of the spring used to flow from a rock, but this has dried up since the 1950's, though the well is still important to Mayday festivals, in which you are supposed to wash your face with the water and make a wish. The St. Anthony's Chapel is a small building which sits near to the spring and has become famous likely because of it.
This location is mentioned once in A Recollection of a Tour Made in Scotland. The text reads "We climbed up till we came to St. Anthony’s Well and Chapel, as it is called, but it is more like a hermitage than a chapel,—a small ruin, which from its situation is exceedingly interesting, though in itself not remarkable". The author seems to be downplaying the beauty of Scotland in favor for her normal living area of England. This is common throughout the text and is just another example of Scotland being slandered by the English at the time.
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