
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunkeld, the Hermitage, Ossian's Hall as Gazebo (18th Century). 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.
Linked to Saint Fillan, an 8th-century Irish monk and healer, the site is associated with traditions of water worship and miraculous cures, particularly for skin ailments and general well-being. Local folklore connects the nearby Hermitage with holy hermits and the well with healing properties, though Ossian's Hall itself is a later 18th-century structure.
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Places near here
Ossian's HallVisitor information · 10 yd
Hermitage BridgeBridge (18th Century) · 30 yd
The HermitageStructure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 42 yd
Falls of BraanWaterfall · 64 yd
Dunkeld, the Hermitage, Ossian's CaveFolly (18th Century) · 428 yd
Hermitage Road Railway BridgeRailway Bridge (19th Century) · 560 yd
DundonnachieMilestone (19th Century) · 664 yd
Niel Gow's OakOak · 853 yd
Pine Cone PointViewpoint · 1084 yd
Falls of the BraanWaterfall · 1463 yd
Polney CragCliff · 1490 yd
Parent LarchEuropean Larch · 1.0 miOther information
Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0