What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fidra as Nunnery (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.
Fidra is linked to St Fillan, a 7th-century Scottish saint known for his healing wells and monastic foundations in Perth and Kinross. Traditionally associated with cures for skin diseases and general healing, St Fillan’s wells were often sites of pilgrimage and ritual cleansing.
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Places near here
Longskelly RocksRadar Station (second World War) (1942)-(1943) · 109 yd
Brigs of FidraHermitage (religious) (16th Century) · 450 yd
Yellow CraigUnidentified Pottery (medieval) · 617 yd
Castle TarbetMountain / peak · 896 yd
FidraCave (medieval), Midden (medieval), Unidentified Pottery (medieval) · 917 yd
Fidra, Castle TarbetCastle (medieval) · 933 yd
Yellow Craig PlantationPlantation (period Unknown) · 990 yd
Hanging Rocks, ArcherfieldCave(s) (iron Age), Wall (period Unknown), Armlet (glass)(period Unassigned), Knife (period Unassigned), Quern (period Unassigned), Spearhead (period Unassigned), Spindle Whorl (period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(roman), Whetstone (period · 1257 yd
Duncan's PlantationWood · 1310 yd
Broad SandsBeach / strand · 1393 yd
ArcherfieldNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1446 yd
Linkhouse WoodWood · 1.1 mi