What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whithorn, Bruce Street, Whithorn Priory as Burial Ground (medieval), Priory (medieval), Tree Trunk Coffin(s) (early Medieval). 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 tree-trunk coffin burial site, associated with Whithorn Priory; significant as one of the earliest Christian burial sites in Scotland.
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Places near here
Whithorn, Bruce Street, MuseumCross (period Unassigned) · 39 yd
Whithorn, Bruce Street, Museum and Custodians HouseHouse (18th Century), Masonic Hall (period Unassigned), Museum (20th Century), School (period Unassigned) · 40 yd
Whithorn, Bruce Street, Whithorn Parish ChurchBurial Ground (18th Century), Church (18th Century) · 49 yd
Whithorn, Bruce Street, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 62 yd
Whithorn, Bruce StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 86 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 146 yd
Whithorn, King's Road, Church Hall DevelopmentNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 191 yd
Black PlantationWood · 1551 yd
Broad PlantationWood · 1664 yd
Physgill HouseCountry House (18th Century), Hospital (first World War), Tower House (medieval) · 2.5 mi
Cruggleton CastleCastle (medieval), Motte (medieval), Settlement (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 2.9 mi
Hill of GlassertonMountain / peak · 2.9 mi