Fincastle Chapel, also known as Glenfincastle Chapel, is a former church building in Glen Fincastle, south of
Blair Atholl
Blair Atholl (from the Scottish Gaelic: ''Blàr Athall'', originally ''Blàr Ath Fhodla'') is a village in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Gr ...
,
Perth and Kinross
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, Scotland. It is named for the
glen
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in which it stands.
[Fincastle, Chapel]
– Canmore
Standing at the apex of a hairpin curve of the B8019
Killiecrankie
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-to-
Tummel Bridge
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road, where the road crosses Fincastle Burn, the chapel is believed to have been built in 1843, according to a datestone at the site. Inside the chapel there is a
World War I
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memorial plaque honouring five local men who died in the conflict.
Another plaque is to the memory of Charlotte Rachel Barbour (
née
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Fowler), who was a "friend of the children of Glen Fincastle 1930".
[
Charlotte's son, ]George Freeland Barbour
Dr George Freeland Barbour DPhil, JP (15 February 1882 – 18 November 1946), was a Scottish author, philosopher and Liberal Party politician.
Background
He was born in Cults, Aberdeenshire, a son of the Rev Robert William Barbour (1854-1891) o ...
(1882–1946), was for many years a worshipper and preacher at the chapel.[
A tablet was placed, to give thanks, by the family of Helen Victoria Barbour (1891–1982): "For 63 years her home in this glen was a place of laughter, joy and inspiration for countless people from far and near."][
The chapel is shown as a ]free church
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on the first-edition Ordnance Survey
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maps, and as a school on the second edition.[
An octagonal wooden structure, which is not shown on the early maps, stands to the southeast of the chapel.][
File:Out building at Glen Fincastle Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 257279.jpg, The octagonal structure beside the chapel
]
Robert Stewart
The burial enclosure of Robert Stewart, 11th of Fincastle (1756–1822),listed structure
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.
References
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Churches completed in 1843
Churches in Perth and Kinross
Buildings and structures in Perth and Kinross