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What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Damsay, St Mary's Chapel as Chapel (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 Mary's Chapel at Damsay is associated with the veneration of St Mary, a common focus for early Christian devotion in Scotland. While specific cures or rituals linked to the site are not recorded, such chapels often became centres for local pilgrimage and healing traditions.
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Places near here
DamsayBroch (later Prehistoric)(possible), Settlement (prehistoric) · 109 yd
Bay of FirthUnidentified Object (period Unassigned) · 365 yd
IngashoweBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1626 yd
BurnessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.0 mi
Rennibister FarmFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1.1 mi
Welcome to Wideford Hill Chambered CairnVisitor information · 1.8 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Cemetery, FinstownChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.8 mi
Grimbister from Cuween HillMountain or hill · 1.9 mi
The OuseBay · 1.9 mi
Bay of IsbisterBay · 2.2 miOther information
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