Why this matters
Kilwhannel is associated with St. Catan or Cathan, a 7th-century Irish monk and missionary active in Pictish Scotland. Traditionally linked to healing wells and Christian foundations, such sites were often centers of pilgrimage and local devotion, though specific folklore or recorded cures connected to this location remain undocumented.
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kilwhannel as Church (medieval)(possible). 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.
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