Tayside - Historic Churches

Sometimes known as St Andrew's Parish Church Hall and Tower, established in 1843 as a Free Church, the building was converted into a church hall in the 1960s after a merger of parishes. The original internal galleries have been removed, and the roof lowered. 
Taybridge Road, Aberfeldy, Tayside, Scotland, PH15 2BH

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The first reference to a church at Brechin comes from the reign of Kenneth II (971-995) when the king endowed a monastery here as a base for Culdee monks. Some of the carved stones now on display inside the cathedral are almost certainly linked to the 10th-century monastery.
6 Church Street, Brechin, Tayside, Scotland, DD9 6EU

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Heritage Highlight: Superb round tower and collection of Pictish stones
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Dunkeld Cathedral is one of the finest medieval churches in Scotland and it stands in a beautiful location beside the River Tay. The 15th-century nave is roofless, but the east end lives on as the parish church and features a well-preserved 14th-century choir.
Cathedral Street, Dunkeld, Tayside, Scotland, PH8 0AW

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Heritage Highlight: 9th-century Apostle Stone cross slab
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The remains of a late 16th-century church stand on a low rise near Eassie Farm. The roofless church we see today may have been a rebuilding of a still earlier medieval church on the same spot. The eastern doorway is original, but a west doorway was inserted in the south wall in the 18th century.
Eassie, Tayside, Scotland

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In the churchyard of Fortingall's pretty 1895 church stands a yew tree thought to be 5,000 years old and reputed to be the oldest living thing in Europe. The yew tree predates a 7th-century monastery on the site of the present church, and there are carved Pictish stones inside the church.
Glen Lyon, Fortingall, Tayside, Scotland, PH15 2NQ

Attraction Type: Church - Historic Tree
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Heritage Highlight: The oldest living thing in Europe?
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St Mary's Church in the Perthshire village of Grandtully is a whitewashed 16th-century stone church standing in a lovely location south of the River Tay. St Mary's is a long, low building, boasting a painted ceiling dating from 1630. The ceiling depicts a variety of heraldic symbols and other decorative elements.
Grandtully, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland

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Around the year 1365, a church was built at Innerpeffray, beside the River Earn. Around 1507 the church was rebuilt as a private chantry chapel by the Drummond family, lords of nearby Drummond Castle.
Crieff, Tayside, Scotland, PH7 3RF

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Heritage Highlight: 1707 Faichney memorial
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All that remains of the 14th-century church at Edzel is a small burial aisle, built in the 16th century by the local Lindsay family as a chantry chapel. It was later used as a burial vault for the family, but the church itself fell out of use when a new parish church was erected in 1818.
Edzell, Angus and Dundee, Tayside, Scotland

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Little Dunkeld Church was built in 1798 on a site that has seen at least 4 churches over the centuries. Within the church is a 9th-century handbell, and in the churchyard are a pair of 'Adam and Eve' gravestones and a memorial to the celebrated Scottish fiddler Niel Gow.
School Lane, Little Dunkeld Dunkeld, Tayside, Scotland, PH8 0RQ

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Heritage Highlight: 9th-century handbell
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Only one wall survives of a 13th-century hospital founded by William de Brechin. The hospital was founded in 1267 as a home for the poor, under a master and chaplains. The hospital remained in operation until at least 1636 when the office of master was merged with the role of headmaster at the nearby grammar school.
Maison Dieu Lane, Brechin, Angus and Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, DD9 6JA

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