What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glencorse Reservoir, St Catherine's Chapel as Chapel (13th Century). 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.
St Catherine's Chapel at Glencorse Reservoir is associated with the early Christian saint Catherine of Alexandria, a martyr venerated in both Catholic and Orthodox traditions. While specific local cures or rituals are not well documented, such chapels were often sites of pilgrimage and prayer, particularly for protection and wisdom, reflecting Catherine's legendary role as a scholar and defender of the faith.
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Places near here
Glencorse ReservoirReservoir (19th Century) · 31 yd
Castlelaw HillRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 262 yd
Turnhouse HillRing Enclosure (period Unknown)(possible) · 276 yd
Kirkton CottageCottage (19th Century), Farm Labourers Cottage (19th Century) · 702 yd
Allermuir Hill and the KirkburnMountain or hill · 952 yd
Bell's HillMountain / peak · 1248 yd
Castlelaw FortViewpoint · 1436 yd
C.T.R. WilsonMemorial · 1.1 mi
Fraser Tytler MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
Gask HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Mauricewood Road, PenicuikNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.7 mi