What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Duthac's Chapel, Pickaquoy as Chapel (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Duthac's Chapel is associated with St Duthac (or St Donnachaidh), a 10th-century Scottish saint and bishop of the Isles, venerated in the north-east of Scotland and the Western Isles. The chapel and any associated holy well or site may have been linked to local pilgrimage traditions and healing practices, though specific cures or folklore connected to Pickaquoy are not widely documented.
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