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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATHEDRAL (Partly in Ruins) [Dunkeld] | Cathedral Cathedral Cathedral |
R. C. Carrington Esqr. Rev. [Reverend] J. C Wilson Revd. [Reverend] Daniel McBride |
062 | The ruins of a Cathedral, half of which is unroofed and used as a place of interment for several families in the locality, the east half has been repaired and is used as the established church. A small piece of ground, very limited in extent is also used as a place of interment, this is the only burying ground within the limits of Dunkeld. "In 848 Kenneth MacAlpin built a church at Dunkeld, from respect to the memory of St. Columba, wherin he deposited the relics of that Saint, which had become unsafe at Iona from the rapacity of the Danes. The site of this sacred depository has not yet been discovered by antiquarians. By this act of Kenneth, St. Columba became the patron saint of Dunkeld and its church. In 1127, the monastery of Dunkeld was converted by David I into a regular episcopate. It has been thought that he expelled the Culdees to make room for a bishop. On the contrary he guaranteed to them during life the rights and possessions which had formerly belonged to their abbey. The Culdees continued to nominate their superior, but a short time, when they were superseded in their elections by the canons regular. In 1318 Bishop Sinclair, better known as Robert the Bruce's own bishop, built the choir on the site of part of the old monastery - the old abbey church, built by Kenneth, serving as the place of worship until the new edifice was finished. As a memorial of his having built the choir, he placed on top of the eastern gable a cross ingraillé, part of the arms of his family, where it remained, much dilapitated, until the repairs of 1817, when it was removed. In the middle of the gable are to be seen several reddish stones, which formed part of the wall of the monastery. Bishop Peblis in 1380, glazed the eastern window of the choir, and adorned it with several figures painted on fine glass. Bishop Cardney, on the 27th. April 1406, founded the nave of the church, and raised it as far as the second row of arches commonly called "blind storeys". Bishop Ralston, who assumed the mitre in 1447, finished the nave, and began the aisles of the cathedral. Dean Mill says, this bishop "had this work so much at heart, that he and one or two people of high rank who staid with him had a custom of carrying every day [continued on page 72] |
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County of Perth -- Parish of Dunkeld and Dowally (Proper)
Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 13 - Parishes of Caputh and Dunkeld and Dowally, OS1/25/13
This volume contains information found in the parishes of Caputh, and Dunkeld and Dowally.
Ordnance Survey - Perth county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.