
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Wamphray Church as Cross (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.
Wamphray Church is associated with St Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and healer, and is linked to traditions of pilgrimage and miraculous cures. The site is believed to have been a place of early Christian worship, with local folklore suggesting the presence of a holy well or sacred spring nearby, used for ritual purification and healing.
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Places near here
Wamphray MillWatermill (period Unassigned) · 109 yd
LeithenhallFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 230 yd
KirkhillFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 471 yd
Kirk BurnBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 715 yd
Dundoran PlantationForest · 1.0 mi
Howgill FellMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Turf HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Castle KnoweFort (prehistoric)(possible) · 2.0 mi
PoldeanTower House (medieval) · 2.8 mi
Beldcraig WoodForest · 3.2 mi
Johnstonebridge, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 3.8 mi
BearholmDitch (period Unassigned), No Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.0 miOther information
Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0