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

[Illustration: 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

[Illustration: FIG. 1436.--Aberuthven Church.

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