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Kirkmaiden

Kirkmaiden
Kirkmaiden

On the A747 1 mile south of Monreith take the road marked “St. Medans Golf Course”. The church is on your right on your way down the hill. The remains of a church dating from the late Middle Ages with a 19th century burial chapel for the Maxwell family.

Kirkmaiden

Kirkmaiden

St Ninian Sites
Saint Ninian Stained Glass Window


According to an unbroken tradition dating from the earliest times and confirmed in the writings of the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, a holy man named Nynia, born among the British people, introduced the Christian faith into a significant part of the land now known as Scotland long before the coming of Saint Columba.

St Ninian's CaveSt Ninian's Cave
St Ninian's ChapelSt Ninian's Chapel
Witness CairnWitness Cairn

St. Ninian Local Sites
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