Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video of bells ringing from the bell tower on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Cathedral in Dunblane, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bhlàthain, near the city of Stirling. The tower is 22 feet 6 inches square, with walls about 5 feet in thickness. It is awkwardly placed in connection with the church, the walls not being parallel to those of the nave, while the tower projects into the south aisle from 6 feet at one side, to 7 feet 6 inches at the other. The tower houses nine change ringing bells. The largest is E-flat and weighs 24 hundred weight. Bells rang in the towns and cities, and throughout the UK, after the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral in Scotland on Thursday aged 96. The Cathedral was once the seat of the bishops of Dunblane, also sometimes called 'of Strathearn', until the abolition of bishops after the Scottish Reformation. The building is largely 13th century in date, though it incorporates an originally free-standing bell tower of 11th century date on its south side. This tower was increased in height in the 15th century, a change clearly visible in the colour of the stonework. It is no longer a cathedral, as there are no bishops in the Church of Scotland, which is a Presbyterian denomination. William Chisholme, the last Catholic bishop of Dunblane in 1561, later became bishop of Vaison in France. The cathedral contains the graves of Margaret Drummond of Stobhall, a mistress of King James IV of Scotland and her two sisters, all said to have been poisoned. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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