Archaeology Notes
Event ID 680277
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NO04SW 1.00 02393 42595
(NO 0237 4259) Cathedral (NR)
(Partly in ruins) Church (NAT)
Site of Monastery (NR)
Tower (NR)
Standing Stone (NR) (Sculptured).
OS 25", Perthshire, (1901).
NO04SW 1.01 NO 0237 4259 Roman Coins; Medieval Coins
NO04SW 1.02 NO 0237 4259 Pictish Symbol Stone
NO04SW 1.03 NO 0237 4259 Cross-slab
NO04SW 1.04 NO 0237 4259 Cross-slab
NO04SW 1.05 NO 0237 4259 'Hogback Stone'; Grave-slab
NO04SW 1.06 NO 0237 4259 Incised Slab
NO04SW 1.07 NO 0239 4258 Chapel; Tomb
NO04SW 1.08 NO 0237 4259 Tomb
NO04SW 1.09 NO 0239 4258 Tomb
NO04SW 1.10 NO 0237 4259 Cross-slab
NO04SW 1.11 NO 02463 42597 Gates
NO04SW 1.12 NO 02393 42596 Monument to the 1st Marquess of Atholl
NO04SW 1.13 NO 02393 42596 Black Watch Monument
For Dunkeld, Bishop's Palace (NO c. 022 426), see NO04SW 15.
Dunkeld Cathedral, founded before 1337 (D E Easson 1957) on site of the Dark Age See of Alba before removal to St Andrews. (Information from C W Phillips, DA Index)
M E Root 1962
The choir has been restored and is in use as the parish church.
The cathedral possesses several sculptured stones, one which was used as a gatepost at the entrance to the churchyard, and now stands on the S side of the church close to it. Another, which was used as a tombstone of a farmer in 1729, afterwards formed part of the pavement floor of the cathedral. This latter part of a cross-shaft depicts a horse standing on its hind legs. It is illustrated by Stuart.
J Stuart 1856; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
Two class I and one class II [Pictish] symbol stones.
A Mack 1997.
NO 023 425 A programme of archaeological monitoring was undertaken at Dunkeld Cathedral during shallow excavations along the line of an existing footpath. A cobbled surface was exposed at a depth of 280mm, appearing to represent a cobbled entrance way into the cathedral courtyard.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
D Stewart 2000.
Cathedral (remains of) [NAT] (at NO 02370 42595)
Church [NAT] (at NO 02415 42593)
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.
