- As you’re leaving Edinburgh Castle and begin to head down The Royal Mile, most people won’t notice The Witches Well on Castle Hill.
- Situated just outside the gates of Edinburgh Castle, The Witches' Well is easy to overlook amidst the grandeur of the castle and the bustling Royal Mile.
- The Witches Well set into the wall of Edinburgh Castle esplanade. It commemorates the hundreds of witches persecuted and burnt at the stake on that site.
- Most people are focused on Edinburgh Castle, so you really must know where to look. The Witches’ Well was commissioned by Sir Patrick Geddes in 1894 and...
- ...Witches Well, Edinburgh - Wikipedia, This Edinburgh fountain marks where more witches were burned than anywhere else in Scotland - Edinburgh Live.
- Home//Edinburgh//The Witches’ Well. ... In Scotland it’s thought between 4,000 and 6,000 people were tried under the Witchcraft Act between 1563 and 1736.
- The location was once the reservoir that held the old town’s water supply. This fountain is known as the Witches’ Well. In 1894, Sir Patrick Geddes, a philanthropist…
- The only monument in Edinburgh dedicated to accused witches burned at the stake, The Witches Well marks a drinking fountain below Edinburgh Castle.