
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Borthwick Church as Cross(s) (8th Century) - (10th Century), Font (15th Century). 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.
Borthwick Church is associated with Saint Bathan, a 7th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in southern Scotland. The site's early crosses and 15th-century font suggest a long tradition of Christian worship, though specific local folklore or healing traditions connected to the church are not widely documented.
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Places near here
Borthwick CastleCross (medieval)(possible) · 1 yd
Borthwick Castle, GatewayGateway (period Unassigned) · 32 yd
Borthwick ChurchChurch (12th Century) - (18th Century), Church (18th Century), Sundial (18th Century) (1705), Tomb (medieval), War Memorial (20th Century) · 173 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 184 yd
Currie WoodWood · 192 yd
LoquhariotCropmark (period Unknown) · 866 yd
West WoodWood · 1.0 mi
Crichton CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Gorebridge, Harvieston CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.5 mi
Halk LawMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Ruther LawMountain / peak · 2.6 miOther information
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