What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ladykirk, Saint Mary's Chapel as 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 Saint Mary, the chapel at Ladykirk was a site of Marian devotion, common in medieval Scotland, and may have been associated with local pilgrimage or healing traditions. Holy wells or shrines near such chapels often developed folklore around miraculous cures or protective blessings.
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