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St Mary's Nunnery

Nunnery (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Mary's Nunnery as Nunnery (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.
St Mary's Nunnery is associated with a medieval religious community dedicated to St Mary, and such sites were often linked to local traditions of healing and pilgrimage. Holy wells or sacred spaces near nunneries sometimes became centres for Marian devotion and were believed to offer cures for ailments through prayer and ritual.

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