Easter Bendochy
Architectural Fragment(S) (Medieval) - (17th Century), Farmhouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century)
Site Name Easter Bendochy
Classification Architectural Fragment(S) (Medieval) - (17th Century), Farmhouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century)
Canmore ID 72102
Site Number NO24SW 67
NGR NO 2215 4198
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72102
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Bendochy
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (April 1989)
NO24SW 67 2215 4198.
Incorporated into the E end of the S wall of Easter Bendochy steading there are the following fragments:
(a) A zoomorphic head, possibly Romanesque but the surface is too shattered for certainty.
(b) A keel-moulding, possibly from a door and probably of early 13th-century date.
(c) A weathered torso.
(d) A framed panel, probably detached from an armorial, bearing a unicorn and banner. The banner is the Union flag with the Scottish saltire superimposed on St George's Cross, as was usual in Scotland until 1707 (cf. Grant 1952, 140); this, together with the edge-moulding would suggest a 17th-century date and, presumably, the Royal arms.
A small fragment from a decorative panel (15th-16th century), bearing
a plain margin, cable-moulding and foliate, was recovered from a rockery beside the farmhouse. It seems likely that the fragments are derived from Coupar Angus Abbey (NO23NW 13.00), though in a post-Reformation context the significance of the royal arms is unclear.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 19 April 1989.
