Saltcoats, St Medan's Chapel

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Saltcoats, St Medan's Chapel as Chapel (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

St Medan's Chapel in Saltcoats is associated with St Medan, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in Scotland. Local tradition holds that he founded a monastery at Saltcoats, and the chapel may have been built on or near the site of his holy well or place of worship, which was likely a centre for early Christian pilgrimage and healing rituals.