Fowlis Wester
| Fowlis Wester | |
| Perthshire | |
|---|---|
 St Beans Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 56°23’46"N, 3°44’17"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Crieff |
| Postcode: | PH7 |
| Dialling code: | 01764 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Perth & Kinross |
Fowlis Wester is a small village and parish in Perthshire. It is around four miles east of Crieff and 12 miles west of the county town, Perth. The parish of Fowlis Wester includes the Abercairny estate to the south-west. The adjunct Wester is necessary to distinguish this parish from the otherwise identically-named Fowlis Easter in the same county.
The 13th-century parish church is dedicated to Saint Bean and was restored in 1927.[1] The category B listed building retains original mediæval features including a leper's squint.[2] Inside the church is an 8th-century Pictish cross-slab, a replica of which stands in the village square. The slab is carved with a Celtic cross on one side, and the other side bears typically Pictish symbols as well as carvings of animals and people.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fowlis Wester Parish Church". Scotland's Churches Trust. http://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/fowlis-wester-parish-church. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Parish Church (St Beanus): listed building information". Historic Scotland. http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:1509762666997119::::BUILDING,HL:12246. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Fowlis Wester Sculptured Stone". Historic Scotland. http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/es/propertyresults/propertydetail.htm?PropID=PL_139. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wester Sculptured Stone Fowlis Wester) |
- "Fowlis Wester Cross". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/26193/details/fowlis+wester+cross/.
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