What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Wigtown, Wigtown Parish Church, Churchyard, St Machute's Church as Church (medieval), Church (18th 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 Machute's Church in Wigtown is associated with St Machute, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in southern Scotland. The site is traditionally believed to have been a place of pilgrimage and healing, though specific cures or rituals connected to it are not well documented.
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Places near here
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Wigtown, Bank Street, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 60 yd
WigtownBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 96 yd
Wigtown, Kirkland Hill, GasworksGas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 251 yd
Covenanter's MonumentMemorial · 259 yd
Baptist Church, WigtownNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 321 yd
Wigtown, High VennelNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 421 yd
Philip HillMountain / peak · 1219 yd
Low CotlandMountain / peak · 1485 yd
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Baldoon CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.4 mi