What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, St Blane's as Cross (early Medieval)(possible). 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.
St Blane was an early Christian hermit and saint associated with the Picts, and is said to have lived in a cave on the island of Bute. The holy well or site may be linked to local traditions of healing and pilgrimage connected to his legend.
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Places near here
Bute, St Blane's ChurchBurial Ground (medieval), Church (12th Century), Font (medieval), Monastic Settlement (early Medieval) · 7 yd
Bute, St Blane's, ChapelBurial Ground (early Medieval), Chapel (medieval)(possible), Nunnery (early Medieval)(possible) · 29 yd
Bute, DunagoilFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 581 yd
Covin HillMountain / peak · 729 yd
St Blanes HillMountain / peak · 851 yd
Bute, Cradh RubhaBoathouse (period Unassigned), Breakwater (period Unassigned), Jetty (period Unassigned) · 1029 yd
Dunagoil: burial chamber, forts, caves, cupmarked stone and longhouses.Archaeological place · 1029 yd
Dunagoil BayBay · 1145 yd
Lubas BayBay · 1689 yd
Suidhe PlantationForest · 1746 yd
Bute, Creag A' MharaCave (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Blackpark PlantationForest · 1.3 mi