The walls of this old church (Fig. 1515) still stand within the grounds
of Blair Castle, the seat of the Duke of Atholl, and about five minutes’
walk from the Castle. The building is roofless and the walls are almost
complete, but they have been much slapped and altered to make the place
suitable for Presbyterian worship.
The masonry is rubble work, built with stones gathered off the hills.
The doors and windows have hewn jambs and lintels of freestone, all
square-headed and splayed. A gravestone, dated 1579, has been built in
the inside of the north wall. The chief interest of the ruin arises from
its containing the vault in which Claverhouse is buried. A tablet on the
inner face of the south wall of the church, west of the aisle which
contains the vault, bears the following inscription:--
[Illustration: FIG. 1515.--Blair Church. Plan.]
Within this vault beneath
Are interred the remains of
JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE
Viscount Dundee
Who fell at the Battle of Killiecrankie
27 July 1689, aged 46
This memorial is placed here by
John, 7th Duke of Atholl, K.T.
1889