St Nicholas Chapel—St Nicholas Priory

Fidra Island (Dirleton), East Lothian Scotland UK

[Roman Catholic]

The priory dates from 1165 and the chapel probably soon after in the early 13th century. The chapel may have been a lazaretto, a hospital for people with infectious diseases. If so, sick crew and passengers could have been landed here, and essentially quarantined until recovered, before entering port further up the Firth of Forth.