What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Grimeston, St Mary's Kirk as Church (period Unassigned). 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.
St Mary's Kirk at Grimeston is traditionally associated with St Mary, a widely venerated Christian saint linked to numerous holy wells and sites across Scotland. While specific cures or rituals connected to this site are not well documented, such churches often served as focal points for local pilgrimage and healing traditions in the medieval period.
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