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Title: Chronicles of Strathearn

Author: Various

Illustrator: W. B. Macdougall

Release Date: August 18, 2008 [EBook #26342]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Title page]

CHRONICLES of STRATHEARN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

W.B. MACDOUGALL

COVER DESIGNED BY

A. L. RANKIN

CRIEFF

PUBLISHED BY DAVID PHILIPS

1896

[Transcriber's note: the errata below has been applied to this etext.]

ERRATA

The arched stone (Forteviot) does not appear, p. 77 having, through
inadvertence, been printed off without allowing space for it.

In note at the foot of p. 89, "scallop-shel" should be scallop-shell."

In note at the foot of page 90, "1896" should be "1890."

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
By Rev. JOHN HUNTER, M.A., Crieff.

CELTIC SAINTS AND ANCIENT CHURCHES OF STRATHEARN
By Rev. JAMES RANKIN, D.D., Muthill.

NEAR THE PICTISH CAPITAL
By Rev. P. THOMSON, B.D., Dunning.

THE HISTORIC PRESBYTERY OF AUCHTERARDER
By Rev. G. D. MACNAUGHTAN, B.D., Ardoch.

MEMORIES OF GASK
By Rev. JAMES MARTIN, Gask.

AT THE HEAD OF STRATHEARN
By Rev. JOHN MACPHERSON, Comrie.

ON THE BANKS OF THE DEVON
By Rev. E. B. SPEIRS, B.D., Glendevon.

BY THE WELL OF ST. FILLAN
By Rev. THOMAS ARMSTRONG, Dundurn.

THE PLAIN OF THE BARDS
By Rev. A. GORDON, M.A., Monzievaird.

BETWEEN STRATHALLAN AND STRATHEARN
By Rev. J. MACGIBBON, B.D., Blackford.

THE ABBEY OF INCHAFFRAY
By Rev. JAMES BROWN, M.A., Maderty.

A SOUTHERN OUTPOST ON THE EDGE OF THE HIGHLANDS
By Rev. HUGH M. JAMIESON, Monzie.

THE CASTLE, BARONY, AND SHERIFFDOM OF AUCHTERARDER
By A. G. REID, F.S.A., Scot., Auchterarder.

AT THE GATE OF THE HIGHLANDS
By Rev. JOHN HUNTER, M.A., Crieff.

ILLUSTRATIONS

INCHAFFRAY

GATEWAY, FOULIS CHURCH

[Transcriber's note: The illustration captions below were those in the
source book. The captions above match the actual illustrations.]

AULD HOUSE OF GASK