What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Penicuik, High Street, St Mungo's Church, Hearse House as Hearse House (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Mungo, also known as Saint Kentigern, is a patron saint of Glasgow and is associated with several holy sites in Scotland, though the specific connection of the Hearse House in Penicuik to St Mungo is not well documented. Traditions linked to St Mungo often involve healing and the founding of early Christian communities.
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Places near here
Penicuik, High Street, St Mungo's ChurchChurch (18th Century) (1771) · 30 yd
Penicuik, John Street, GarageGarage (modern) · 99 yd
KirkhillCist (early Bronze Age), Beaker (early Bronze Age) · 213 yd
Penicuik, Wilson Street, the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic ChurchChurch (20th Century) · 322 yd
Penicuik, Kirkhill RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 471 yd
Uttershill CastleCastle · 636 yd
Serpentine WoodWood · 1254 yd
Ravensneuk CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Lowrie's DenWood · 1.1 mi
Mauricewood Road, PenicuikNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
War MemorialMonument · 1.7 mi
C.T.R. WilsonMemorial · 1.9 mi