What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gartymore as Chapel (medieval). 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.
Gartymore is associated with Saint Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and healer, and is linked to a tradition of pilgrimage and water cure. The site’s holy well was believed to have curative properties, particularly for skin ailments and lameness, and was visited on St Fillan’s feast day on 18 July.
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Places near here
GartymoreField System (period Unassigned) · 401 yd
PortgowerFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 555 yd
Shore of GartymoreBeach / strand · 700 yd
HelmsdaleKiln (period Unknown) · 1140 yd
Land League CairnMemorial · 1356 yd
Helmsdale Station, FootbridgeFootbridge (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
The EmigrantsMemorial · 1.0 mi
Creag MarailMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Helmsdale CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Eldrable HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Torr MorNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 6.3 mi
Craggie BurnNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 9.5 mi