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Forfar Loch, Queen Margaret's Inch

Chapel (medieval) - (post Medieval), Crannog (prehistoric) - (medieval)(possible), Chess Piece(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Vessel(s) (bronze)(medieval) - (post Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Forfar Loch, Queen Margaret's Inch as Chapel (medieval) - (post Medieval), Crannog (prehistoric) - (medieval)(possible), Chess Piece(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Vessel(s) (bronze)(medieval) - (post Medieval). 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.
Linked to Saint Margaret of Scotland, the site is traditionally associated with her 11th-century efforts to promote Christianity and monastic reform in the region. Local folklore suggests she used the loch as a place of retreat and prayer, and the island (Inch) may have once held a small chapel or shrine dedicated to her.

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