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St Fillan's Chapel And Burial-ground

Burial Ground (17th Century), Chapel (16th Century) - (19th Century), Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)

Site Name St Fillan's Chapel And Burial-ground

Classification Burial Ground (17th Century), Chapel (16th Century) - (19th Century), Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) St Fillian's; Dundurn Burial-ground; Stewarts Of Ardvoirlich Burial-place

Canmore ID 24872

Site Number NN72SW 2

NGR NN 70383 23579

NGR Description Centred NN 70383 23579

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Fillans chapel, taken from the SE.
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Fillans chapel, taken from the SE.View of recumbent cross slab. Available lighting.View of font.General oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course with Loch earn beyond, taken from the ENE.St Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoSt Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, VersoOblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Fillans chapel, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from the NW.General oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from the W.General view of recumbent cross slab in burial ground.View of face of cross incised stone at St Fillian's Chapel, Dundurn.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Comrie, Dundurn Burial Ground, Perthshire.		St Fillans Chapel
View of remains from East South EastGeneral oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from the W.View of recumbent cross slab. Peripheral lighting.View of west face of Catherine Dewar and Margaret McKeand's  gravestone dated 1729, in the burial ground of St Fillan's Chapel.Scanned ink drawing of Dundurn cross slabPhotographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Comrie, Dundurn Burial Ground, Perthshire.			St Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Fillans chapel, taken from the S.Oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from the NNE.Oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from theWNW.General oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course with Loch earn beyond, taken from the E.View of recumbent cross slab in burial ground.Rubbing of Dundurn cross slabSt Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from the SSE.View of recumbent cross slab. Available lighting. (with scale)View of east face of Catherine Dewar and Margaret McKeand's  gravestone, 1729, in the burial ground of St Fillan's Chapel.Rubbing of Dundurn stoupScanned ink drawing of Dundurn stoupSt Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, VersoSt Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 3, RectoSt Fillans Chapel
View of remains from West North WestOblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Fillans chapel, taken from the ESE.Oblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from the E.St Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoSt Fillan's Chapel And Burial-Ground, NN72SW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 4, VersoOblique aerial view of St Fillan's Golf Course, taken from the WNW.View of recumbent cross slab. Peripheral lighting. (with scale)View of font.Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Comrie, Dundurn Burial Ground, Perthshire.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Comrie (Perth And Kinross)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project (11 May 2016)

Dundurn 1, St Fillan’s Chapel (St Fillan), Perthshire, cross-slab

Measurements: H

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NN 7038 2357

Present location: in the burial ground at St Fillan’s Chapel.

Evidence for discovery: photographed lying flat in 2014. The curvilinear outline of the enclosure preserves the early medieval form of the burial ground.

Present condition: worn.

Description

This slab bears an incised outline cross with an open-ended shaft.

Date: seventh to ninth century.

References:

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project (11 May 2016)

Dundurn 2, St Fillan’s Chapel (St Fillan), Perthshire, stone basin

Measurements: H

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NN 7038 2357

Present location: in Dundurn Parish Church.

Evidence for discovery: recorded in St Fillan’s burial ground in the 1850s. The curvilinear outline of the enclosure preserves the early medieval form of the burial ground.

Present condition: worn.

Description

A rounded boulder has been hollowed out on its upper surface to form a basin.

Date: early medieval.

References:

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016

Archaeology Notes

NN72SW 2 centred 70383 23579

(NN 7040 2358) St Fillan's Church (In Ruins) (NR)

OS 6" map (1901)

The present chapel at Dundurn, west of St Fillan's Hill, is 16th century. It is on the site of an earlier chapel said to have been erected by St Fillan (7th century) and of which nothing remains except a round stone basin. Now the burying-place of the Stewarts of Ardvoirlich.

S Korner 1858; C Rogers 1854

There is no record of the date of the present chapel of St Fillan's although it is known that it is pre-Reformation (it was abandoned at the Reformation) and it is on the site of the old chapel and was dedicated to St Fillan, the leper, who died c.520 AD. Since 1586 the present chapel, which is roofless has been the burial place of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich. It measures 8.7m x 3.7m internally. A holy water font, of the pre-Reformation period, which stood in a niche in the wall of the chapel is still in use in Dundurn Parish Church.

St Fillan's Chapel is the correct name (plaque on E wall).

Visited by OS (RD) 1 December 1966

NN 7038 2357. The roofless chapel is well-preserved.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (MJF) 29 August 1980.

Activities

Photographic Survey (1986)

Recording of gravestones in St Fillan's Chapel and burial ground by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1986.

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