Chapel of St Mary and St Nathalan

#4418 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan is a ruined chapel overlooking the North Sea immediately north of Stonehaven, in the Mearns of Scotland, along the northern shoreline of Stonehaven Bay. The founding of this Christian place of worship is associated with St. Nathalan. who lived circa 650 AD. The structure is alternatively known as Cowie Chapel. The chapel is at the point where the Highland Boundary Fault meets the sea and so is on the dividing line between the highlands and lowlands of Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 56°58'37"N, 2°11'31"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Chapel of St Mary and St Nathalan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonehaven Open Air Pool, Stonehaven Tolbooth, Cowie Chapel, Cowie Castle.

0.7 miSW
Water park, Amusement park, Sport venue
Stonehaven Open Air Pool, Stonehaven
18 min walk • Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool, Queen Elizabeth Park, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, is an Olympic sized heated open air public pool opened in 1934. It is the northernmost lido in the UK.
1.2 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Stonehaven Tolbooth, Stonehaven
30 min walk • The Stonehaven Tolbooth is a late 16th-century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison in the town of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
~70 ftS
Ruins
Cowie Chapel, Stonehaven
1 min walk • The Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan is a ruined chapel overlooking the North Sea immediately north of Stonehaven, in the Mearns of Scotland, along the northern shoreline of Stonehaven Bay.
~630 ftS
Forts and castles
Cowie Castle
4 min walk • Cowie Castle is a ruined fortress in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site lies at the northern end of Stonehaven on the North Sea coast. To the immediate south is the Cowie Bridge crossing of the Cowie Water. Evidence of prehistoric man exists in the vicinity dating to the Iron Age in the form of ring cairns.
0.9 miSW
Bridge
Cowie Bridge, Stonehaven
24 min walk • Cowie Bridge is a roadway bridge which carries the B979 across the mouth of the Cowie Water in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historically, the area in the vicinity of the Cowie Bridge site has been an old fishing village known as Cowie Village.

Chapel of St Mary and St Nathalan

Facts and practical information

Chapel of St Mary and St Nathalan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Stonehaven Open Air Pool, Stonehaven

Stonehaven Tolbooth, Stonehaven

Cowie Chapel, Stonehaven

Cowie Castle

Cowie Bridge, Stonehaven