The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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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.

Our Lady of Lourdes