What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, St Blane's as Cross (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Blane was an early Christian hermit and saint associated with the Pictish church, traditionally linked to the founding of several monastic sites in western Scotland. The holy well or cross at Bute may be connected to his cult, which was venerated for protection and healing in the early medieval period.
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Places near here
Bute, St Blane's ChurchBurial Ground (medieval), Church (12th Century), Font (medieval), Monastic Settlement (early Medieval) · 7 yd
Bute, St Blane's, ChapelBurial Ground (early Medieval), Chapel (medieval)(possible), Nunnery (early Medieval)(possible) · 29 yd
Bute, DunagoilFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 581 yd
Covin HillMountain / peak · 729 yd
St Blanes HillMountain / peak · 851 yd
Bute, Cradh RubhaBoathouse (period Unassigned), Breakwater (period Unassigned), Jetty (period Unassigned) · 1029 yd
Dunagoil: burial chamber, forts, caves, cupmarked stone and longhouses.Archaeological place · 1029 yd
Dunagoil BayBay · 1145 yd
Lubas BayBay · 1689 yd
Suidhe PlantationForest · 1746 yd
Bute, Creag A' MharaCave (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Blackpark PlantationForest · 1.3 mi