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St Medan's Chapel and cave is a medieval religious site located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, situated approximately 550 metres south-east of Mull Farm. The site comprises a small chapel associated with a natural cave, reflecting the medieval veneration of St Medan, a figure within the Galloway religious tradition. The cave and chapel complex represents the kind of early Christian and medieval pilgrimage site that existed throughout Scotland during the medieval period, where natural rock formations were incorporated into religious practice and devotion. The monument demonstrates the integration of landscape features with ecclesiastical structures characteristic of medieval Scottish religious settlement.
Mull Farm,St Medan's Chapel & cave 550m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2000. View the official record →
St Medan's Chapel and cave is a medieval religious site located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, situated approximately 550 metres south-east of Mull Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2000.
Mull Farm,St Medan's Chapel & cave 550m SE of dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a st medan's chapel & cave. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Mull Farm,St Medan's Chapel & cave 550m SE of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2000.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mull of Galloway Farm,fort 400m NE of (0.7 km), Mull Glen,fort,West Tarbet (0.8 km), Mull of Galloway, fortifications N & S ends of Isthmus (0.9 km).
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