What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Boswells Church as Church (period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Boswells Church is associated with St Bessan (or Boswell), a 7th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in southern Scotland. The site is traditionally connected to healing rituals and holy wells, reflecting broader Celtic Christian practices of venerating saints for physical and spiritual cures.
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Places near here
St Boswells, Main Street, Telephone Call BoxTelephone Box (20th Century) · 41 yd
St Boswells Drinking FountainMemorial · 295 yd
St Boswells, Brae Heads Road, Braeheads HouseHouse (period Unassigned) · 387 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 577 yd
Dryburgh AbbeyFindspot (period Unassigned), Coin(s) (gold)(period Unassigned) · 722 yd
St BoswellsCannon (first World War)(possible) · 742 yd
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Longnewton ForestNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.0 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0