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Over Kelwood

Chapel (medieval)(possible), Hermitage (religious) (medieval)(possible)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Over Kelwood as Chapel (medieval)(possible), Hermitage (religious) (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Over Kelwood is associated with St Cuthbert, a 7th-century Northumbrian saint known for his asceticism and miracles. The site may have been a place of pilgrimage or retreat, linked to traditions of healing and solitary devotion common in early Scottish Christianity.

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