Dunkeld Abbey
by Martina Fagan
Title
Dunkeld Abbey
Artist
Martina Fagan
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Photograph - Photograph
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Dunkeld lies beside the River Tay surrounded by wooded hills and crags. Every summer there is an Arts Festival.
The centre of the village comprises neat late 17thC houses alongside the ancient cathedral. The oldest part of the mostly ruined cathedral dates from the late 13thC but there has been a monastry here since around 600, founded by either St Columba or Adamnan.
Pictland and Dalriada merged in 843 to become the kingdom of Alba and Columba’s sacred relics were moved from Iona to Dunkeld in 849. Dunkeld became the main religious centre in Scotland. Kenneth I held court here making this his joint capital with Scone.
Dunkeld CathedralIn 903 the abbey was attacked unsuccessfully by Viking marauders. The Catherdral was begun in 1235 and extended in 1406. However, in 1560 it was sacked by a Reformation fuelled mob.
After the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 the victorious Jacobites attacked Dunkeld which was in Government hands and held by Covenanting Cameronians. The battle destroyed most of Dunkeld and the houses seen today were built immediately after this event.
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July 28th, 2011
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