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Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh: The Slidey Stone

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Martin M
Martin Oct 8, 2009 13:17:24
Replying to Branwen

Branwen wrote:
I added some debateable storytellers stuff about the hill itself, Martin, and was worried you might think I was correcting your etymology, which in some respects, I suppose I was, LOL. Hence the being worried you'de be ticked off.
Nah, not at all- I'm no expert and it's great that someone else knows these sites

Yes, I too have peered over the wall, but could only see some boggy land, that's why I was aksing if there was ever a well structure in place.

Branwen wrote:
The twentypenny well is most likely modern, as it's very close to the edge of the loch.

BTW Martin, its a long shot, but you aren't the guy that jogs at 630am in the morning through the park, who stopped me as I cycled past to ask about folklore (for no apparant reason as far as I could tell, I dont do the whole tartan look going to my job as a guide, so I figured he was just someone passionate about the park who accidentally "hit the jackppot" in stopping me, as he said).

Twentypenny well- hmm- that's a new one on me- do you have info/map co-ords?

6.30am?? Jogging?? haha- no, most definately not me!!! I live down the Borders now (but still work in Edinburgh)... Rather strange doncha think that a random stranger stops to ask about folklore at 6.30am??!!!

Cheers,
Martin

B Branwen
Branwen Oct 8, 2009 13:46:58
Replying to Martin

The twentypenny well, so called, is on the banks of the loch. If you go down the steps to where you can feed the ducks, then walk along the path to your right, you come to another area for feeding, with two benches, right where the no fishing sign in the water is. That path continues all the way to hangman's rock, but in the first couple of minutes along it you come to the twentypenny well. Its a pipe coming out of the hill, going under the path, and fills a kind of concrete square butlers sink arrangement before flowing out and down into the loch. Only reason I know its name is I got one of those 1850's maps from the map library at causwayside and it was labelled on that one, but not on any others I had. I have pictures, I will add one to the delf well site as being nearby. I'm guessing its not old, the loch would have been higher not all that long ago, and it would have been underwater maybe.

Jogging dude just stopped and asked if I knew anything about that bit of the hill. Maybe he just wanted a break from jogging and it was an excuse.

I grew up in the borders. Quite a few locations, as the folks were travellers and we moved at least once a year. Tied cottages.

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