
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Ninian's Isle as Burial Ground (medieval), Church (12th Century), Composite Slab Shrine (early Medieval), Holy Well (medieval), Ogham Inscribed Stone (early Medieval), Settlement (iron Age), Hoard (silver)(early 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.
Early medieval composite slab shrine and burial ground, associated with the 12th-century church and a holy well; significant as a religious and burial site linked to St Ninian, an important early Christian saint in Scottish and Pictish history.
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Places near here
St Ninian's ChapelRuins · 16 yd
St Ninian’s IsleCraft (period Unknown) · 272 yd
Bigton WickBay · 383 yd
St Ninian's BayBay · 480 yd
Ireland WickMidden (period Unassigned) · 741 yd
Inns HolmStructure (period Unassigned) · 785 yd
Bigton, Bigton HouseCountry House (18th Century), Gate Pier(s) (period Unassigned), Wall (period Unassigned) · 990 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1073 yd
Sweyn HolmIslet · 1113 yd
GriskerryIslet · 1.3 mi
Sneu of EllisterMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Superb: Scousburgh Sand, Bay of Scousburgh, AtlanticSmack (19th Century) · 1.8 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0