St Bernards Well

A natural spring was discovered near the Dean Village on the Water of Leith in 1760.

Some claimed that the water could cure everything from a bruised leg to ‘total blindness’,

St Bernards Well / Statue of Hygieia

St Bernards Well

The building was designed by the painter Alexander Nasymth in 1789, and the statue inside represents Hygeia the Greek goddess of health.

St Bernards Well / Water Of Leith

St Bernards Well