
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kiltearn Parish Church as Church (medieval) - (20th Century), Churchyard (medieval) - (post Medieval). 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.
Kiltearn Parish Church, located in the Scottish Highlands, is traditionally associated with Saint Tearn, a 6th-century missionary and saint linked to early Christian settlements in the region. The church and its medieval churchyard may have incorporated or replaced an earlier monastic or ritual site connected to local Christian traditions and possibly pre-Christian sacred practices.
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Places near here
Kiltearn Parish Church, Burial GroundBurial Ground (post Medieval), Covenanters Grave (17th Century) (1692) · 21 yd
Kiltearn, Old Parish ManseManse (period Unassigned) · 186 yd
Kiltearn BeachFish Trap (period Unassigned) · 273 yd
Balconie HouseCastle (medieval), House (19th Century) · 519 yd
Kiltearn CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 583 yd
Kiltearn Parish War MemorialMemorial · 1377 yd
Foulis CastleCastle (medieval), Country House (18th Century) · 1.8 mi
KinbeachieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.1 mi
Blairtua WoodForest · 2.4 mi
Unknown: Ardullie Point, Cromarty FirthCraft (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Broomtown WoodWood · 2.7 mi
Cnoc FyrishMountain / peak · 2.9 miOther information
Photo: Dave Fergusson · CC BY-SA 2.0