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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Places near here
KelwoodEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 473 yd
Bailie KnoweEarthwork (prehistoric), Chain(s) (period Unknown) · 569 yd
HorseholmFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1429 yd
KirkblaneFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.0 mi
CraigsTower House (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Camp HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
NetherwoodWood · 2.2 mi
Mid CraigMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Stragglingwath PlantationForest · 3.0 mi
Mouswald War MemorialMemorial · 3.2 mi
Castledykes ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.3 mi