Grange / Penny Well

Walker (1887: 439) writes: "The recent uncovering of the so-called 'Penny-Well' at the Grange caused a good deal of interest throughout Edinburgh, and steps have been taken to restore the well. Some days after the well was uncovered I paid a visit to it, and was rather surprised to find that the basin into which the water run was, without doubt a baptismal font. When it was placed in its present position there is noting to show, but, curiously enough, Sir Walter Scott in his 'Provincial Antiquities', speaks of a font standing besides the ruins of the chapel of St Roque on the Borough Muir. It is possible that this is the font he speaks of. It is a circular bowl, with a square-formed portion, evidently to fit against a pier or column, and a circular basin, with a bottom drain placed to one side". Updated information in [https://edinburghfootnotes.co.uk/2016/02/21/penny-well-grange-loan-fact-fiction/] [accessed 14 February 2025]