Aberdalgie (Gaelic: Obar Dheilgidh, 'Confluence of the Thorn-Stream') is a small village in the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross. It is 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of Perth, and lies between the B9112 road, to the north, and the River Earn, to the south. Milltown Burn and Cotton Burn streams meet in the village centre,[1] The village contains Aberdalgie Parish Church, the present building of which dates to 1773. The historic Dupplin Castle is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.5 kilometres) east of the village.
Aberdalgie
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 Aberdalgie | |
  Aberdalgie Location within Perth and Kinross | |
| Population | 402 |
| OS grid reference | NO079201 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERTH |
| Postcode district | PH2 |
| Dialling code | 01738 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
The parish of Aberdalgie takes its name from the village, which had a population of 402 at the 2011 Census.[2]
Notable landmarks
editParish church
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The current Parish Church of Aberdalgie is dated 1773, but an earlier building is believed to have originally dated to the pre-Reformation period.[3] In 1618 it became the parish church of both Aberdalgie and Dupplin, when the parishes united.[3] It was designated a Category B-listed building in 1971.[4]
The T-plan church features two large centre round-arched windows and doors with circular windows on either side. In 1929 the church interior was given a major renovation by Sir R.S. Lorimer.[4] Aberdalgie churchyard contains the family vault where numerous medieval Chiefs of Clan Oliphant including the first three Lords Oliphant are buried.[5] Prominent among them is Sir William Oliphant, the resolute Governor of Stirling Castle when it was defended against Edward I of England in 1304, during the Wars of Scottish Independence.[3] Sir William's son Walter married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert I and sister of David II. Other people buried here include the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Baron Forteviot and author Norma Octavia Lorimer (1863-1948).
Dupplin Castle
editDupplin Castle lies within the parish. The earliest known owner of the castle was Sir William Oliphant in the late 13th century. Dupplin was sold after some four hundred years by the 5th Lord Oliphant (who, per the diploma registered under the Great Seal, 10 March 1640, was also Lord Aberdalgie and Lord Dupplin) in 1623. The castle was destroyed in 1461 and rebuilt.[6] It was again rebuilt in 1688, though retained its earlier tower and some remnants from the previous castle. A fire gutted the castle in 1827, prompting a full rebuilding and restoration.[6] The current building is a house, completed in 1970.[7]
Timber from Aberdalgie was harvested by Regent Arran and employed in 1547 during the war of the Rough Wooing for the stocks of guns and cannon used at the battle of Pinkie.[8]
Notable people
edit- Christian Gray (1772 – circa 1830), poet
References
edit- ^ "Aberdalgie" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usual Resident Population, published by National Records of Scotland. Website http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved Apr 2018. See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930, Area: Aberdalgie
- ^ a b c "Aberdalgie, Old Parish Church". Canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Aberdalgie and Dupplin Parish Church, Aberdalgie". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Other Seats and Monuments". Clan Oliphant. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Dupplin Castle". Canmore.org. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Dupplin Castle". Dundee City Council. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ James Balfour Paul, Accounts of the Treasurer, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1911), p. 104.
