 Nathalan is reputed to have built the first small chapel on the windswept clifftop at Cowie sometime during the 7th century.According to legend one very rainy summer the great saint, in a moment's weakness, cursed the rain which was hindering the harvest.In penitence for his great sin in cursing God's creation, Nathalan padlocked his right arm to his right leg, tossed the key into the River Dee and set off to walk to Rome to seek forgiveness.