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Edinburgh, Leith, St Ninian's Chapel

Chapel (16th Century)
Edinburgh, Leith, St Ninian's Chapel
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Leith, St Ninian's Chapel as Chapel (16th Century). 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 Ninian's Chapel in Leith, Edinburgh, is associated with St Ninian, an early Christian saint and apostle to the Picts, traditionally credited with establishing one of Scotland's first Christian communities. The chapel and its holy well were likely sites of pilgrimage and healing rituals, reflecting the broader medieval tradition of venerating saints for physical and spiritual cures.

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