What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkconnel Merse, St Connel's Chapel as Chapel (period Unknown)(possible). 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 Connel's Chapel is associated with St Conall (Connel), an early Irish monk and missionary believed to have preached in Galloway, Scotland. The site may have been linked to local traditions of healing and pilgrimage, common at many early Christian shrines in the region.
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