Fortingall
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Fortingall Scottish Gaelic Fartairchill |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 36 ′ N , 4 ° 3 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | Aberfeldy | ||
| prefix | 01887 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| Civil Parish | Fortingall | ||
| British Parliament | Perth and North Perthshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Perthshire North | ||
Fortingall ( Gaelic : Fartairchill ) is a small village in the Scottish Council Area Perth and Kinross at the east end of Glen Lyon , about 10 kilometers west of Aberfeldy . The Gaelic name roughly means church on a steep slope or church at the foot of an embankment . Fortingall is also Civil Parish for Glen Lyon, the western part of Rannoch Moor and the area around Kinloch Rannoch and Loch Tummel .
history
The area around Fortingall has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age. This is indicated by various old standing stones as well as the stone circles of Fortingall to the east of the village . The Celtic legendary hero Fionn mac Cumhaill is said to have built Duns along the River Lyon in the 3rd century AD . The Fortingall cross stones , which are today at the church and in the Fortingall cemetery, date from the Pictish times . They also prove an early Christianization. According to legend, Fortingall and Glen Lyon were Christianized before the year 700 by Saint Adomnan of Iona , of whom the church at Innerwick commemorates. The church in Fortingall is dedicated to Saint Cedd , an Anglo-Saxon bishop and contemporary of Saint Adomnan. Aerial photos have shown traces of larger structures on the basis of vegetation features, which can be seen in the ground around the church of Fortingall, a monastery-like complex from this time is suspected. A 7th century handbell kept in the church was stolen in 2017. The Fortingall Yew grows in the churchyard next to the church , this yew tree is probably the oldest tree in Europe, probably 3000 years old. According to legend, it was already worshiped as a sacred tree by the Celts and Picts.
Fortingall originally belonged to Clan MacGregor's territory, as did Glen Lyon . At the end of the 15th century, members of the Campbell clan had assumed the predominant position, but not without controversy. This led to repeated feuds between the clans in the 16th century, which also included the descendants of the Wolf of Badenoch , who had their own power base in Garth Castle, east of Fortingall . James MacGregor, Vicar of Fortingall at the beginning of the 16th century, documented these disputes in a chronicle of Fortingall as part of his work Leabhar Deathan Lios Mòir .
Fortingall has served as a parish for the area for centuries . The previous parishes of Glen Lyon and Kinloch Rannoch were merged into a new parish based in Fortingall in 1585. From 1845 Kinloch Rannoch was again an independent parish of the Church of Scotland , as did Glen Lyon until 1990, but they remained a common Civil Parish . Since the disruption of 1843 and the subsequent secession of the Free Church of Scotland , there have been two churches in Fortingall for a good hundred years. A good 100 years ago, three quarters of the community's language was Gaelic , but English became the norm in the 20th century.
At the end of the 19th century, the shipowner and politician Donald Currie bought Glenlyon Estate , which also included Fortingall. After he had acquired the neighboring Garth Estate in 1880 , he also took over Glenlyon Estate in 1885 and took up residence in Glenlyon House , the manor house dating from 1694 on the western outskirts of Fortingall. Chesthill Estate followed in 1903 , which also included parts of Glen Lyon. After purchasing Glenlyon, he hired architect James MacLaren to extensively renovate the manor and village. Little was left of the previous buildings. Instead of the Scottish Baronial style that had dominated Scotland up to that point , MacLaren, as a representative of the Arts and Crafts Movement, relied on elements of medieval and traditional designs based on models from Scotland and England , primarily from Devon . MacLaren died in 1890 at the age of 37, until then he had only been able to build a number of new thatched cottages . His work was taken over by his partners William Dunn and Robert Watson and continued according to his plans. Her company Dunn & Watson rebuilt the entire village in the following years, and Glenlyon House was extensively rebuilt. The old village inn was converted into a hotel, although hardly anything of the old structure was preserved. The new building took up elements of typical Scottish tower houses , such as the Harlputz and the stepped gables , but in a more modern style, later also adopted by Charles Rennie Mackintosh . One of the last structures was the rebuilding of the church from 1900 to 1902. In 1936 a village hall was built in an adapted architectural style .
Fortingall is not only known for the yew tree in the churchyard in Scotland but also for the legend that it was the birthplace of Pontius Pilate . According to this, his father was sent by Emperor Augustus as an ambassador to the Caledonians . After his return from Judea he was banished from Rome and into exile back to Scotland, where he died.
Transport and infrastructure
Apart from the Fortingall Hotel and a few bed and breakfasts, as well as the Village Hall, which is used for events, Fortingall has no infrastructure worth mentioning. Various cottages are also used as holiday homes . The former school has been converted into a holiday home, the next primary school is in Kenmore . There are shops in Aberfeldy. Fortingall is connected to the road network by secondary roads that reach the next main road in Fearnan on Loch Tay or in Aberfeldy with the A827 . In public transport Fortingall is connected by a bus with Kenmore and Aberfeldy.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Fortingall: History , at www.fortingall.com, accessed July 24, 2020
- ↑ Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Fortingall , accessed July 24, 2020
- ↑ a b c Fortingall Roots: Fortingall's Historical Context , accessed July 24, 2020
- ↑ BBC: Celtic hand bell, from 7th Century, stolen from Perthshire church , September 10, 2017 , accessed July 24, 2020
- ^ Gazetteer for Scotland: Fortingall , accessed July 24, 2020
- ↑ Fortingall Roots: Fortingall Parish Church , accessed July 24, 2020
- ↑ Entry on Fortingall, Parish Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Fortingall Village Hall: The Hall & Story , accessed July 24, 2020
- ^ Perth & Kinross Council: Service 91: Aberfeldy - Fortingall + Kenmore circular (as of April 2019) , accessed on July 24, 2020
Web links
- Entry on Fortingall, General in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Fortingall's Historical Context at fortingall-graveyard.org.uk (English)
- Fortingall on undiscoveredscotland.co.uk (English)