Rosslyn Chapel
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Internationally famous late medieval chapel renowned for exceptionally rich stone carving and continuing Christian worship.
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Sacred Places
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Sacred Places
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St Ninian’s Cave
Physgill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Coastal cave with early medieval Christian carvings and a continuing pilgrimage tradition associated with St Ninian.
Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Royal abbey and mausoleum containing the burial traditions of St Margaret, Robert the Bruce and other Scottish monarchs.
Carfin Grotto
Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Scotland’s national Marian shrine, created as a Lourdes grotto and visited by pilgrims from across Scotland and abroad.
Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre
Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom Buddhism
Founded in 1967 as the first Tibetan Buddhist centre in the West and now a major international monastery and teaching centre.
St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Ruined medieval cathedral that made St Andrews the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland and a major pilgrimage destination.
St Giles’ Cathedral
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
The High Kirk of Edinburgh and a nationally significant centre of the Scottish Reformation and Presbyterian history.
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Exceptional surviving medieval Scottish cathedral built around the tomb and pilgrimage shrine of St Mungo.
Iona Abbey
Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
One of the most important Christian sites in the British Isles, founded by St Columba and still a major international pilgrimage destination.