
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pool of Muckhart, Muckhart Parish Church as Church (19th Century) (1838). 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.
The Pool of Muckhart is associated with Saint Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and healer, and was historically visited for its supposed curative properties, particularly for skin ailments and eye complaints. Pilgrims would traditionally drink from or bathe in the pool as part of a devotional practice linked to the saint’s legacy in Perth and Kinross.
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Places near here
Pool of Muckhart, Muckhart Parish Church, Burial GroundBurial Ground (19th Century) · 32 yd
Pool of Muckhart, Muckhart InnInn (period Unassigned) · 302 yd
Pool of MuckhartDitch(s) (period Unknown), Field Boundary (period Unknown)(possible), Hearth (period Unknown), Pit (period Unknown) · 371 yd
MiddlehallFarmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 794 yd
Fire HillNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
Cauldron LinnWaterfall · 1.4 mi
Fir KnoweWood · 1.6 mi
Law HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Hillfoot HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Castle Campbell, GardenGarden (period Unassigned) · 2.7 mi
Dollar MuseumMuseum · 2.8 miOther information
Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0