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Isle of Whithorn Harbour, Wigtownshire

Whithorn Whithorn is a town and royal burgh in Wigtownshire, standing on the coast about ten miles south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in northern Britain, named Candida Casa; the 'White House', built by Saint Ninian in 397 and set into the English of that age as Hwitærn. Whithorn's link to the sea was the port known as the Isle of Whithorn, which was much used in the Middle Ages by pilgrims arriving by boat. The thirteenth century St Ninian's Chapel marked the point where pilgrims came ashore. (Read more)