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Forteviot Church

Forteviot was the site of an important Pictish settlement in the reign of King Oengus. With the defeat of the Picts by the Scots in the ninth century, Kenneth mac alpin had his palace there.

Legend has it that the first Christian Church at Forteviot was built in response to the visit of Kilrymont (St. Andrews) monks to the valley during the eighth century.


“Et ita venit Rex cum sanctis viris at Fortevieth et ibi Deo et Apostolo basilicam aedificavit”

Certainly a basilica existed from the first half of that century. In 1165 William the Lion granted Forteviot to his chaplain, Richard of Stirling. From early in the thirteenth century, Forteviot was in the Deanery of Gowrie, Diocese of St. Andrews. The rector of Forteviot was a canon of St. Salvator’s. After the Reformation, St. Andrews University became the patron.

The present building, the third, was erected in 1778. It houses a number of medieval carved stones and the best preserved of the celtic hand bells in Scotland (c900 AD).

The font is from the pre-reformation church of Muckersie which was united with Forteviot in 1618.

The church bell was from the previous building and bears the inscription:

Cornelius Anderagge Fecit
Rotterdam 1657
The Kirk Bel of parish of Forteviot
Nearn the brough of Perth.

Worship Times
Worship takes place at Forteviot every Sunday at 10:00 a.m.


 

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