What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunstaffnage, St Maelrubha's Chapel as Chapel (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Maelrubha, an Irish monk and missionary, is traditionally associated with the founding of a monastery at Applecross in the 7th century, and his name is linked to several holy sites in the Scottish Highlands, including the chapel at Dunstaffnage. Local tradition holds that St Maelrubha performed miracles and established places of worship and pilgrimage, though specific folklore or recorded cures connected to this particular chapel are not well documented.
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Places near here
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DunstaffnageNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 279 yd
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Dunstaffnage Mains FarmFarmstead (post Medieval) · 440 yd
Dunstaffnage ChapelBurial Aisle (18th Century) (1740), Burial Ground (post Medieval), Chapel (medieval), Font (medieval)(possible) · 458 yd
Dunstaffnage CastleBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 517 yd
Dunstaffnage BayBay · 696 yd
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Tom ArdMountain / peak · 1073 yd
Eilean MorBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1155 yd
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