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Latitude: 56.3325 / 56°19'56"N
Longitude: -3.8324 / 3°49'56"W
OS Eastings: 286802
OS Northings: 717074
OS Grid: NN868170
Mapcode National: GBR 1H.4WJR
Mapcode Global: WH5PF.3398
Entry Name: Muthill, church and tower
Scheduled Date: 30 April 1920
Last Amended: 30 May 2017
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM90225
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard
Location: Muthill
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathallan
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises Muthill church and tower and its surrounding graveyard. It comprises the remains of an early 15th-century parish church with an aisled nave and chancel, and its surrounding graveyard. A 12th-century tower is embedded in the west end of the nave. The tower is one of a small related group in central Scotland, including Dunning, Dunblane, Markinch and St Andrews.
The scheduled area encompasses the remains described and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 74m between its north and south-most points and 62m between its east and west-most points, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Specifically excluded are:
Any active burial lairs where rights of burial are extant
Above ground grave markers and memorials
The top 30cm of any paths
All boundary walls
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a particularly fine example of a Norman tower and because of its contribution to our understanding of Medieval ecclesiastical architecture. Its importance is reflected in its status as a Property in Care of the Scottish Ministers.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NN 81 NE 3.
References:
Childe, V. D. and Simpson, W. D. (1961) Illustrated guide to ancient monuments in the ownership or guardianship of The Ministry of Works: vi: Scotland, Edinburgh, 115.
Historic Environment Scotland Properties
Muthill Old Church & Tower
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/muthill-old-church-and-tower
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Related Designations
MUTHILL OLD PARISH CHURCHYARDLB18160
Designation TypeListed Building (B)StatusDesignated
MUTHILL OLD PARISH CHURCH (A RUIN)LB18159
Designation TypeListed Building (A)StatusRemoved
Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/25308/
https://canmore.org.uk/site/268492/
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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