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..

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..

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..

The exhibition and audiovisual presentation in the welcome centre are devoted to the dig that revealed the remains of a human presence more than 1,500 years ago. To the south of the priory, the remains of an old Christian community were found (5C), a..