What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fairgirth House, St Lawrence's Chapel as Chapel (medieval)(possible), Holy Well (medieval), House (16th 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.
St Lawrence's Chapel at Fairgirth House is associated with the veneration of St Lawrence, a Christian martyr, and may have been a site of pilgrimage or local religious observance. Holy wells linked to such chapels often had associated healing traditions, though specific cures or folklore connected to this site are not widely documented.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
FairgirthFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 122 yd
Bainloch HillStructure (period Unassigned) · 1002 yd
BainlochVisitor information · 1179 yd
LagganFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1184 yd
Fairgirth HillMountain / peak · 1198 yd
NewbarnsBurial(s) (period Unassigned), Cairn (period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Pit(s) (bronze Age) · 1597 yd
Needles Eye (Natural Rock Arch)Cave · 1.4 mi
Banks HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Dalbeattie ForestForest · 1.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Auchenlosh WoodForest · 1.9 mi
The SlabVisitor information · 1.9 mi