Fincastle Chapel
The chapel in 2006, looking northwest
56°43′41″N 3°49′40″W / 56.7281°N 3.8277°W / 56.7281; -3.8277
LocationBlair Atholl, Perth and Kinross
CountryScotland
Architecture
Completed1843 (1843)

Fincastle Chapel, also known as Glenfincastle Chapel, is a former church building in Glen Fincastle, 2.6 mi (4.2 km) south of Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is named for the glen in which it stands.[1]

Standing at the apex of a hairpin curve of the B8019 Killiecrankie-to-Tummel Bridge 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 memorial plaque honouring five local men who died in the conflict.[2]

Another plaque is to the memory of Charlotte Rachel Barbour (née Fowler),[3] who was a "friend of the children of Glen Fincastle 1930".[1]

Charlotte's son, George Freeland Barbour (1882–1946), was for many years a worshipper and preacher at the chapel.[1]

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."[1]

The chapel is shown as a free church on the first-edition Ordnance Survey maps, and as a school on the second edition.[1]

An octagonal wooden structure, which is not shown on the early maps, stands to the southeast of the chapel.[1]

Robert Stewart

The burial enclosure of Robert Stewart, 11th of Fincastle (1756–1822),[4] is located 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of the chapel, and is a Category C listed structure.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fincastle, Chapel Archived 22 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine – Canmore
  2. ↑ "Glenfincastle Chapel WW1 (Fincastle Chapel)" Archived 22 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine – Imperial War Museums
  3. ↑ Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church of Scotland
  4. ↑ "Robert Stewart, 11th of Fincastle". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Robert Stuart of Fincastle burial enclosure (LB6050)". Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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