What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Little Cumbrae Island, St Vey's Chapel as Chapel (early 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.
St Vey's Chapel on Little Cumbrae Island is associated with St Vey (or St Veit), a 7th-century Irish saint known for his ascetic life and miracles. Traditionally linked to healing and protection, the site may have been a place of pilgrimage, though specific local cures or rituals connected to the chapel are not well documented.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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