
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kinghorn as Chapel (medieval), Hospital (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to St Fillan, Kinghorn was historically associated with a medieval chapel and hospital, reflecting a tradition of religious care and pilgrimage common in early Christian Scotland. The site may have been part of a broader network of holy places connected to St Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk known for founding monastic settlements and healing wells in Perthshire.
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Places near here
KinghornSpearhead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1 yd
Kinghorn, High StreetGeneral View (20th Century) · 39 yd
Kinghorn, NethergateGeneral View (20th Century) · 100 yd
Kinghorn War MemorialMemorial · 197 yd
Kinghorn BeachBeach / strand · 374 yd
Kinghorn, Pettycur RoadBurial(s) (period Unassigned) · 450 yd
Kinghorn CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 809 yd
Pettycur BayBay · 1055 yd
Pettycur BeachBeach / strand · 1081 yd
The Ecology CentreHeritage attraction · 1127 yd
Craigencalt MillVisitor information · 1304 yd
Kissing TreesBroadleaf Tree Pair · 1.4 miOther information
Photo: Paul McIlroy · CC BY-SA 2.0