Wikipedia's Prestwick article gives the tradition in one sentence and lists a video on 'Bruce's or Kingcase Well' among its links. Robertson's account is a retelling of the same story with the hospital endowment added. Neither source gives a contemporary record of the illness or the cure, and the belief that Bruce had leprosy is itself a tradition. The coordinates are those of Prestwick, since the exact spot of the well is not given in the sources used.
Folklore & legend
Bruce's Well and the Cure of the King
St Ninian's Church, Prestwick (Bruce's or Kingcase Well)
Tradition of the early 14th century
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 55.496, -4.614 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Wikipedia, "Prestwick" [other]; William Robertson, Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire (1889), chapter 'King Robert the Bruce: His Ups and Downs in Ayrshire' [public-domain]
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