Tour Scotland Video Old Parish Church Muthill Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the old Parish Church in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. Once an important religious centre and the site of a Celí Dé monastery. The church here also served for a time as a seat of the Bishops of Strathearn, later Dunblane, before the building of the cathedral at Dunblane in the 13th century. The village was largely destroyed in the 1715 to 1716 Jacobite rising, being rebuilt in the 1740s as it lay on the route of General Wade's military road through Strathearn. The kirkyard at the centre of the small town contains the ruins of an important 15th century parish church, which incorporates an 11th century bell-tower, built on the orders of Michael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane.


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Tour Scotland Photograph John Henry Kennedy Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of the John Henry Kennedy gravestone in the cemetery in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. Died at Lochlan, June 1845, aged 50. There have been several different etymologies given for the surname Kennedy. One is that the name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh meaning " grandson of Ceannéidigh ". Ceannéidigh is a given name derived from the Gaelic words ceann, meaning " head ", and éidigh, meaning " ugly ". In some etymologies, the element ceann is given as " chief " or " leader ". Another possibility is that Kennedy is an Anglicisation of Ó Cinnéide, meaning " grandson of Cinnédidh " or " grandson of Cinnéidigh ", with both of these personal names meaning " helmet headed. ” Ceanéidigh could be related to the old Gaelic name Cennétig, which is known from Cennétig Mac Lorcáin, the father of the Irish high king Brian mac Cennétig, who himself was also known as Brian Bóruma or Brian Boru. There are also an Irish Kennedy family and a Scottish Kennedy clan of Carrick in North Ayrshire, which are unrelated to one another.



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Tour Scotland Photograph John Ellis Gravestone Muthill Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the John Ellis gravestone in a cemetery in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of John Ellis, who died 5th May, 1891, aged 69. Also his son Peter Ellis, who died at Ballarat, Australia, on 3rd December, 1885, aged 19. Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River and lower western plains of the Great Dividing Range in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately 65 miles west north west of the state capital, Melbourne.



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Tour Photograph Old Gravestone Muthill Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of an old skull and crossbones gravestone in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph William Dow Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of the William Dow gravestone the graveyard cemetery in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by William Dow of Montreal, Canada, in memory of his father, William Dow, who died 22nd February, 1844, aged 79. The ancient village here was once an important religious centre and the site of a Celí Dé monastery.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Thomas Richard Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Richard gravestone in the graveyard cemetery in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by weavers in Muthill in memory of their father. The village here was largely destroyed in the 1715 Jacobite rising, by Jacobite troops retiring after their defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, being rebuilt in the 1740s as it lay on the route of General Wade's military road through Strathearn.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Edward Bayne Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of the Edward Bayne gravestone in the graveyard cemetery in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by John Bayne, merchant in Oban, to the memory of his father, Edward Bayne, Feuar in Bridgend of Crieff who died 6th of May 1790. A feuar was basically a tenant or occupant of land who paid a fee, feudal duty, to a landlord or land owner. Building leases were very rare in Scotland. Instead, the feu system was prevalent in most Scottish towns, by which land was granted in perpetuity in return for an annual sum of a fixed amount. This system bore some resemblance to fee farm rents, which were prevalent in some parts of England.



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