Auchtergaven Parish Churchyard in Bankfoot, Perth and Kinross

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Bankfoot, Perth and Kinross Scotland

Coordinates: 56.50042, -3.51355
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This parish church is constructed of coursed rubble blocks of sandstone, with large round-arched windows and stained glass in the side walls and smaller round-arched windows and belfry openings in the tower. The church was built in 1812-13 by John Stewart of Dunkeld, while the Gothic battlemented tower built onto one end was built at the insistence (and expense) of the Duke of Atholl, at the start of the 20th century.
The church sits on a mound or small hill, and overlooks the village of Bankfoot and the graveyard slopes away from the church. The church was in regular ecclesiastical use until a disastrous fire ripped through it on 26 February 2004, destroying it. Only the blackened walls remain.
The local retired minister, who served in the church for 16 years, records there had been three churches on this site, dating back to 1567.