What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ardwall Island, Chapel and Burial-ground as Burial Ground (5th Century) - (11th Century), Chapel (8th Century), Cross Slab(s) (early Medieval), Hall House (mid 13th Century) - (mid 14th Century), Hall House (medieval), Private Chapel (mid 7th Century), Tower (late 18th Century) (1780). 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.
Early medieval Christian burial ground and chapel, 5th–11th century, associated with a cross slab and hall house; significant as a rare example of a religious and funerary complex in a remote island setting.
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Places near here
Ardwall IsleFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 467 yd
Emma Laura: Carrick Point, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 900 yd
Knockbrex BayLanding Point (period Unassigned) · 967 yd
Knockbrex ViewpointViewpoint · 970 yd
Carrick BayBay · 1151 yd
Bar HillStructure (period Unassigned) · 1350 yd
Murray's IslesClearance Cairn (period Unassigned) · 1441 yd
Doon WoodForest · 1.0 mi
Castle Haven BayBay · 1.4 mi
Castle Haven, dunArchaeological place · 1.5 mi
Garvellan RocksIslet · 1.8 mi
Hazel BankWood · 1.9 mi