
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, St Ninian's Bay as Stone Setting (neolithic) - (bronze Age). 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 Ninian's Bay is associated with St Ninian, an early Christian saint linked to the conversion of the Picts in Scotland. Local tradition may connect the site with holy wells or pilgrimages, though specific cures or rituals tied to this location are not well documented.
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Places near here
Bute, St Ninian's PointNaust(s) (period Unassigned) · 467 yd
Bute, StraadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 547 yd
StraadSettlement (prehistoric) · 560 yd
St Ninian's BayBay · 776 yd
Bute, Nether ArdroscadaleField Boundary (period Unassigned) · 1226 yd
Bute, BallianlayFarmstead (period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform(s) (post Medieval) · 1414 yd
Kilmory HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Auchintirrie WoodForest · 1.3 mi
InchmarnockIsland · 1.6 mi
Dunalunt WoodForest · 1.7 mi
Craw HillMountain / peak · 1.8 miOther information
Photo: Raibeart MacAoidh · CC BY-SA 2.0