
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Priesthaugh as Chapel (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.
Priesthaugh is associated with a medieval chapel and may have been linked to early Christian pilgrimage or local saint veneration, though specific saints or cures connected to the site are not clearly recorded. The name suggests a possible ecclesiastical or ritual significance in the local landscape.
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Places near here
PriesthaughFarmstead (period Unassigned), Sheepfold (period Unassigned) · 285 yd
Allan WaterEnclosed Settlement (prehistoric) · 663 yd
DodburnCultivation Remains (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned), House (period Unassigned) · 1334 yd
Muckle KnoweMountain / peak · 1381 yd
PeelbraehopeFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Grey PenMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Burnt Craig WoodForest · 1.9 mi
Lochburn PlantationForest · 2.3 mi
BroadhaughTower House (medieval) · 2.9 mi
Allanmouth TowerEarthwork (16th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 3.3 mi
Nan Lyle MemorialMemorial · 3.7 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 4.1 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0