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St. Mungo's Well in Currie is on the South bank of the Water of Leith, just along the public footpath North of the old railway line, adjacent to Currie Kirk, which is dedicated to the same saint.
According to the CANMORE entry, there is a nineteenth century record of this well having been used as a compensation well in previous times, but the CANMORE section from 1975 also states that "There is no sign of a well at or near the published site". This is in fact not the case at all, and the well is both marked on current Ordnance Survey maps and only a few seconds walk from the nearby road which passes Currie Kirk!
Today, the well is still encased in what appears to be either an eighteenth or nineteenth century stone housing, and shows evidence of there having originally been a commemorative plaque on the upper stone.
The area around the well, on the South bank of the Water of Leith, is particularly marshy, and provides ideal conditions for two forms of wild garlic - Allium Ursinum (Ramsoms) and Allium Triquetrum (Three-Cornered Garlic).
The well is dedicated to St. Mungo, which is the colloquially affectionate name for the sixth/seventh century Brythonic Saint, Kentigern. Kentigern was native to early Celtic Lothian, and is said to have been born into a noble Gododdin family from Traprain Law in East Lothian. He was also the founder of the City of Glasgow, and a fairly popular saint for early church and holy well dedications throughout the Lowlands. Indeed, the church which stands immediately to the South of the well, Currie Kirk, has a Kentigern dedication, as well as a number of early cross and grave slab fragments.
Most Kentigern dedications appear to either be of an early or quite recent date, but given the antiquity of Currie Kirk, it seems likely that this well has an early, possibly first millennium dedication. As such, it is likely to be one of the many early Celtic Christian holy wells which was adopted by the church from previous pagan religious associations. Often, such wells were held in reverence for the alleged health-giving qualities of their waters (often due to their specific mineral content), but no healing properties are currently known for this well.