Tullich (, gd, An Tulach) is a village in
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
, Scotland. It is known as the birthplace of
St. Nathalan and also as the site of some noted
Pict
The Picts were a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland (north of the Firth of Forth) during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from ear ...
ish stones.
The church is the site of a ruined church, built in around 1400. It has been suggested that the medieval church was constructed on the same site as a 7th-century chapel established by
Nathalan
Saint Nathalan (or Nachlan), (died 678) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, who was active in the district now known as Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
Life
Nathalan was born in the village of Tullich, for which he was eventually appointed as bisho ...
.
References
Further reading
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Ordnance Survey
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Landranger Series: sheets 37 & 44 (2000)
External links
Aberdeenshire Council official site: Tullich Kirkyard (2006)
Villages in Aberdeenshire
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