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Whithorn precedes the Isle of Iona by 150 years as birthplace of Scottish Christianity. This modest village is the hub of the Machars dairy-farming region. In 397, St Ninian established the first Christian mission north of Hadrian's Wall here, while the Roman legions still occupied Britain. He erected a small stone church known as the Candida Casa, or White House, which was Scotland's first Christian building.
Tourist attractions Whithorn : Things to see and do
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Candida Casa
GB - Whithorn DG8 8NS
The village is known for the ruined Saint-Ninian's Chapel that stands on the rocky foreshore. It was long believed to be the site of Candida Casa , the first Christian establishment in Scotland. It may well mark the site where Saint Ninian, the regi..
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Museum
45-47 George Street GB - Whithorn DG8 8NS
The museum tells the story of the priory as well as containing a remarkable collection of early Christian crosses . These large crosses go back to the Christian period of Whithorn indicated individual tombs. The oldest Christian funerary monument in..
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Priory
45-47 George Street GB - Whithorn DG8 8NS
Situated on a mound, the ruins (nave, south chapel and chapel of the Virgin Mary) are spread out and mainly belong to the medieval cathedral . The building to the left was the nave before becoming a parish church until 1822. Note the romanesque port..
