St Fillan’s Cave

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St Fillan’s Cave is a historic religious site in Pittenweem, Scotland, traditionally associated with the early Christian hermit Saint Fillan and later used as a place of pilgrimage and worship.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian pilgrimage site
cave
historic religious site
access public
via key from nearby house or church
associatedWith Saint Fillan
country Scotland
culturalSignificance linked to early Scottish Christianity
dedicatedTo Saint Fillan
hasFeature holy well
inscriptions
rock‑cut chamber
stone altar
hasNameVariant Saint Fillan’s Cave
St Fillan's Cave
heritageStatus scheduled monument
locatedIn Fife
Pittenweem
Scotland
managedBy Pittenweem Parish Church
near Pittenweem Harbour
partOf religious heritage of Pittenweem
periodOfUse medieval period
modern era as devotional site
religion Christianity
tourism local visitor attraction
tradition Saint Fillan lived and prayed in the cave
site of early Christian hermitage
usedFor pilgrimage
worship

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
St Fillan’s Cave ("St Fillan's Cave")
St Fillan’s Cave ("Saint Fillan’s Cave")
hasNameVariant
Pittenweem
hasReligiousSite
St Fillan’s Cave ("Saint Fillan lived and prayed in the cave")
tradition

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