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Edinburgh, Liberton, Old Parish Church

Church (17th Century)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Liberton, Old Parish Church as Church (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to St Libethan, an early Christian saint associated with the area, the old parish church and its surrounding site were historically connected to local healing traditions and pilgrimages. The church is said to have stood on the site of an earlier Celtic chapel, with folklore suggesting that St Libethan was a hermit who lived nearby and was venerated for his piety and miracles.

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