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Skye, Pein-na-cille, Kilmuir

Chapel (medieval)(possible)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skye, Pein-na-cille, Kilmuir as Chapel (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to St. Molaisse (or Molaise), an early Irish saint associated with the spread of Christianity in the Scottish isles, the site may have been a small chapel or place of pilgrimage. Local tradition connects the well with healing properties, particularly for skin ailments, and it may have been a focus for ritual water worship blending Christian and pre-Christian practices.

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