What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tarfside, St Droston's Episcopal Church as Church (19th 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 Droston, also known as Drostan of Galloway, was a 7th-century Christian missionary and bishop associated with the spread of Christianity in southern Scotland. Traditionally linked to healing and pastoral care, his name appears in several Scottish place names, though specific folklore or cures connected directly to Tarfside well or site are not widely documented.
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Places near here
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TarfsideHut Circle (prehistoric) · 304 yd
Maule Memorial ChurchMemorial · 683 yd
Tarfside, Maule Memorial ChurchChurch (mid 19th Century) (1857) · 683 yd
BurnfootCairn (prehistoric) · 876 yd
Gracie's LinnWaterfall · 1393 yd
Hill of RowanNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1490 yd
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Glenesk Folk MuseumMuseum · 1.2 mi
Craig SoalesMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Cairn RobieMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Invermark CastleTower House (16th Century) · 3.1 mi