What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Buittle Old Parish Church as Church (13th Century), Well (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Buittle Old Parish Church is associated with St. Buthle, a 6th-century Irish missionary and one of the Seven Holy Founders of the Church in Galloway. The church and its adjacent holy well were sites of pilgrimage and ritual, with the well traditionally believed to have healing properties, particularly for skin ailments and general well-being.
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Places near here
Buittle ChurchRuins · 1 yd
Buittle Old KirkBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 33 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 103 yd
Buittle, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 142 yd
Tod FellMountain / peak · 1526 yd
Barskeoch HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Marnoch HillCairnfield (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.3 mi
Buittle PlaceTower House (medieval) · 1.3 mi
Ramshaw WoodForest · 1.3 mi
Torglass HillBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Doach WoodForest · 1.4 mi
Raven's CraigNamed rock · 1.4 mi