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Glasgow, St Thenaw's Chapel

Chapel (medieval) - (post Medieval)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glasgow, St Thenaw's Chapel as Chapel (medieval) - (post Medieval). 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 Thenaw's Chapel in Glasgow is associated with St Thenaw, a 7th-century Irish monk and missionary believed to have been active in the region during the early Christianization of Scotland. The chapel and its holy well were traditionally linked to healing rituals, particularly for eye ailments, and local folklore suggests that water from the well was used in curative practices.

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