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Latitude: 56.5653 / 56°33'55"N
Longitude: -3.5902 / 3°35'24"W
OS Eastings: 302378
OS Northings: 742615
OS Grid: NO023426
Mapcode National: GBR V2.R9WC
Mapcode Global: WH5NC.T7LS
Entry Name: Dunkeld Cathedral
Scheduled Date: 10 October 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM90119
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: cathedral
Location: Dunkeld and Dowally
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathtay
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument consists of the nave, NW tower and S porch of the medieval cathedral of Dunkeld, together with the parkland immediately around it and an area to the N and W where the chanonry is known to have extended. The choir of the cathedral is excluded.
The parts of the cathedral to be scheduled date from a period of late medieval building campaigns instigated by Bishop Cardeny in 1406. They consist of an aisled nave of seven bays, with a three-storeyed elevation, to which a S porch and NW tower were added by Bishop Lauder before 1483.
Immediately around the cathedral is an area of enclosed parkland, while woodland to the W and parkland and farmland to the N covers the site of the chanonry, although the modern field called St Ninian's Croft also includes the site of Dunkeld House, built by Sir William Bruce for the Marquess of Atholl.
The area to be scheduled includes the nave, S porch and NW tower of the cathedral, but excludes the choir, which acts as the modern parish church. The area to be scheduled also includes the enclosed parkland around the cathedral and part of the woodland to the W plus the E part of St Ninian's Croft to the N, where the chanonry once extended.
The area is iregular on plan, with maximum (diagonal) dimensions of 450m NNE-SSW by 295m NW-SE, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its high architectural qualities as one of the most complete Scottish cathedrals, and because of the way in which its construction is documented in written accounts. It has important archaeological potential, not least because of this record which is capable of testing by excavation and analysis, to investigate the completeness of the documentary record.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 04 SW 1.00.
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Dunkeld Cathedral
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Related Designations
Dunkeld Cathedral excluding scheduled monument SM90119LB5631
Designation TypeListed Building (A)StatusDesignated
DUNKELD CATHEDRAL GATESLB5632
Designation TypeListed Building (B)StatusDesignated
DUNKELD HOUSEGDL00157
Designation TypeGarden & Designed LandscapeStatusDesignated
Battle of DunkeldBTL32
Designation TypeBattlefieldStatusDesignated
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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