ABERUTHVEN CHURCH, Perthshire.

A ruined church situated near the village of the same name, about two and a half miles east from Auchterarder. The walls are almost entire, except part of the south one, which has been knocked down to give room

Fig. 1435.—Aberuthven Church. Plan.

for a mausoleum of the Montrose family, bearing the inscription “John Adam—fecet 1736.”

The church (Fig. 1435) measures, externally, 65 feet 2 inches by 21 feet 9 inches. Its only architectural features are a seventeenth century belfry on the west end (Fig. 1436), and two small pointed windows (Fig. 1437) in the east end. The belfry, almost concealed with ivy, has long

Fig. 1436.—Aberuthven Church.

View from South-West.

narrow openings on the east and west sides, and small side openings. The east windows are between 2 and 3 feet above the floor, and are about 8 inches wide. The daylight of the northmost of these windows (Fig. 1438) is 2 feet 8½ inches high, and for some inexplicable reason that of the south window is about 4 inches less. Both have an ogee arch-head, and are lintelled on the inside. There is an ambry in the north wall near the east end. The usual set-off occurs on the east wall just above the windows.

The west end of the church is occupied by a modern burial vault and

Fig. 1437.—Aberuthven Church. Interior of East End. Fig. 1438.—Aberuthven Church. North Window in East Wall.

the centre of the building. The church was a cell of Inchaffray, and was dedicated to St. Cathan. The existing structure is evidently of late date.