
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Forres, High Street, St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church as Church (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church in Forres is associated with St Margaret of Scotland, a 11th-century queen known for her piety and role in Christianising the Scottish court. While no specific holy well is directly linked to the church in the entry, traditions connected to St Margaret often include healing and protection, with some local wells in Scotland attributed to her.
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Photo: Alpin Stewart · CC BY-SA 2.0