Tour Scotland Easter Sunday travel video, with Scottish music, of the Parish Church, graveyard and William Wallace doorway on visit to Kilspindie, Carse Of Gowrie, Perthshire. Kilspindie is a village situated on the Kilspindie burn, approximately three miles north west of Errol, twelve miles west of Dundee centre and six miles east of Perth. There are no visible remains of the medieval parish church of Kilspindie. The present church was built in the 19th Century. In the burial ground there are at least two 17th century gravestones, and also a number of 18th century date. The first church of Kilspindie is on record in 1395. The village previously housed the Kilspindie Castle which was demolished before 1670. In 1114, the sixth century Culdee Cell at Scone was superseded by a monastery, the first abbey to be built in Scotland. The charter of this foundation gives over to the monks “ A common interest in the River Tay, so that they may fish it. ” Kilspindie parish thus appears early within the sphere of influence of the Abbey of Scone. In the reign of King Alexander II, born 1214, died 1249, there is mention in the Liber de Scon of one “ Malcolmus abbe de Kynspinedin, ” and the parish church of “ Kilspinedy ” is one of the churches of the Abbey of Scone, in a Bull of Pope Benedict, in the reign of King Robert III. Kilspindie, in its central position, saw a considerable amount of coming and going between the Abbeys at Scone, Coupar Angus, Lindores in Fife, and Abernethy. It is said that a certain priest from Lindores would land from his boat in the River Tay, tie his boat to a tree which then stood near the hairpin bend of the modern road and walk up to the Chapel by what is traditionally known as “ The Minister’s Brae ”. More credible is the belief that the Cupar Abbey monks had a right of way over the top of the hill near the Swirlhead, via Ladywell, Gasconhall, Kilspindie Den and thence by the Burn Alley to Port Allen. This bridle path is said to have been used by the monks to carry their grain and produce to be ground at the mill or shipped for abroad.
The William Wallace doorway, connected Kilspindie Church to the path to Kilspindie Castle of which there are no remains, though some of the stones are built into Kilspindie Church. The original castle was the home of the uncle of William Wallace and it is known that he spent much of his childhood here and would have often walked through this door to attend church services. Sir William Wallace, Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, Norman French: William le Waleys; born 1270, died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297. He was appointed Guardian of Scotland and served until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298. In August 1305, Wallace was captured in Robroyston, near Glasgow, and handed over to King Edward I of England, who had him hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason and crimes against English civilians.
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