What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skinnet Chapel 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.
Skinnet Chapel is associated with local traditions of healing and pilgrimage, typical of many medieval chapels in Scotland. Though specific saints or cures are not recorded, such sites were often linked to folkloric practices involving holy wells or sacred spaces for prayer and offerings.
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Places near here
Skinnet FarmQuern (period Unassigned) · 495 yd
SkinnetBroch (iron Age)(possible), Mound (period Unassigned) · 942 yd
CarsgoeCottage(s) (period Unassigned), Farmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1633 yd
Sordale FarmFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Halkirk War MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Thurso, Mount Vernon, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 3.4 mi
AchiesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.2 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.3 mi
Cairnmore HillockMountain / peak · 5.7 mi
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 5.7 mi