What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkhouse as Building(s) (period Unknown), Chapel (medieval). 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.
Linked to an early Christian chapel, Kirkhouse is associated with local traditions of healing and pilgrimage, common in medieval Scotland. While no specific saint is recorded, such sites were often linked to folk practices involving water cures and seasonal rituals.
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Places near here
KirkhouseBurial Ground (medieval)(possible) · 49 yd
SetterBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval), Structure(s) (period Unassigned) · 693 yd
Voe, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) (1922) · 1157 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1159 yd
Loch of VoeWood · 1230 yd
SneugieMountain / peak · 1647 yd
FielnadringaMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Loch of GonfirthBarbed and Tanged Arrowhead (quartz)(period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Gon FirthBay · 2.5 mi
The Cabin MuseumMuseum · 3.8 mi
Brae, Brae CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 4.3 mi