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St Ninian's Isle

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)
St Ninian's Isle
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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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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0