Routes and paths taken by medieval pilgrims to Scotland’s “cradle of Christianity” have been rediscovered and mapped out in a new study. Whithorn, in Dumfries and Galloway, is home to the earliest recorded Christian community in Scotland, and also contains a shrine to St Ninian. The study used Ordnance Survey data to highlight the locations […]
Routes and paths taken by medieval pilgrims to Scotland’s “cradle of Christianity” have been rediscovered and mapped out in a new study. Whithorn, in Dumfries and Galloway, is home to the earliest recorded Christian community in Scotland, and also contains a shrine to St Ninian. The study used Ordnance Survey data to highlight the locations […]