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.
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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.
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.
Tintern Abbey
Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
One of Britain’s most celebrated monastic ruins and a major sacred-heritage tourism destination in the Wye Valley.
Llandaff Cathedral
Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Historic cathedral of Cardiff with roots in early Welsh Christianity and a major concentration of Welsh saint traditions.
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.
St Non’s Chapel and Well
St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Pilgrimage site near St Davids traditionally associated with the birth of St David and a holy well attributed with healing powers.
Penmon Priory, Cross and St Seiriol’s Well
Penmon, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Early Christian monastic landscape on Anglesey with medieval priory remains, ancient crosses and St Seiriol’s holy well.
Strata Florida Abbey
Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Major Welsh Cistercian abbey, burial place of princes and poets and an historic destination for pilgrimage.
Bardsey Island
Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Remote island pilgrimage destination off the Llŷn Peninsula, famed for early Christian monastic heritage and the tradition of the “Island of 20,000…