Old Chapel at Restlerig (Restalrig)

Category

Library Item

Item no

1133

Title

Old Chapel at Restlerig (Restalrig)

Description

The ruined Old Chapel at Restalrig.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1818

Size

15 x 20 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The church dates from the 15th Century and was largely destroyed in 1560. It was restored in 1836 and renamed St. Margaret's Parish Church. The hexagonal part with the conical roof is St.Truduana's Chapel which housed a well, which was a centre for pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. The well had a reputation for curing those with affected eyesight.

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