Aberuthven

Aberuthven (/ˌæbəˈrɪvən/; Gaelic: Obar Ruadhainn) is a small village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies approximately 2 1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north-east of Auchterarder and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Perth at an elevation of 128 feet (39 m).[1] It lies on the A9 and A824 roads which has been bypassed along with Auchterarder since 1983. The village is centred on the village hall and has changed over the years almost doubling in size and population.

Aberuthven
  • Scottish Gaelic: Obar Ruadhainn

Aberuthven church and cemetery
Aberuthven
Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid referenceNN978154
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAUCHTERARDER
Postcode districtPH3
Dialling code01764
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament

History

In the 1880s the main industry in the village was cotton weaving also it was also the site of cattle fairs and a gas works.[2]

Church
The mausoleum of James Graham, Duke of Montrose, Aberuthven

The former parish church stands in a graveyard a little beyond the west end of the village. It was dedicated to St Cattán, and is of early Christian origin, said to be one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Scotland. It originally fell under the control of Inchaffray Abbey.[3]

The roofless church is built of sandstone rubble, and may date from the 13th century. Two lancet windows with monolithic heads in the east gable, and an aumbry (partially buried by a rise in ground level) in the north wall are the only surviving medieval architectural features. The west gable is crowned by a bellcote added in the 1720s. The west end of the building is taken up by two burial aisles (interiors inaccessible), while the neoclassical Montrose Mausoleum (1736–38), now free-standing, but originally forming a "laird's aisle", abuts it on the south side.

The chapel was in use until 1673

There are a number of 17th and 18th-century gravestones in the churchyard.

The mausoleum contains James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose.

References

Gifford, J 2007 The Buildings of Scotland: Perth and Kinross, Yale UP, 147–8.

  1. Google. "Aberuthven" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
  2. "Aberuthven Perthshire". A Vision Of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Quoting the 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
  3. http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/921/name/St+Kattan%27s+Chapel%2C+Aberuthven+Auchterarder+Tayside



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