St. Margaret's Well

Decided to go to Princes St. Gardens to escape office chaos. I cross over the railway, and along the path, which had been closed for several months because of rockfalls, on the south side of the Gardens.

At the base of the mound where Edinburgh Castle sits, this old well is attached to a gateway to the Castle Well House Tower. In front is a stone which has the following inscription:

“The fountain of ancient wellhouse tower celebrated in the history of the castle since the time of St Margaret, Queen of Scotland in the eleventh century. Restored by the officers of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders AD 1873."