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Callander Site St Kessog's Pre Ref-Pa Church & BG


The church at Callander was granted to Bishop Clement of Dunblane by Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith in 1238 and therefore the building of the church predates this. It was held by the bishops up to the Reformation. It was dedicated to St Kessog. The mound on which it was built was called Tom na Cheasaig (the Mound of St Kessog). This was dissolved in 1594 by James VI and it then became a Parish Church. The Parish of Kilmachog was united with Callander in 1620. There was a chapel at Little Ley known as Norrie's Chapel and it had the burial place of the Buchanans. Part of Leny Parish passed to Callander in 1615 with the remainder going to Port of Menteith and Kincardine Parishes.

The church was also used as a school up until 1773 when a new church was built in the township.

There is no trace of the original church and the area has been taken up by burial plots. There is sarcophagus for the Robertson family. There is also a watch-house dated 1832 which appears to have been designed by Duncan McNa, joiner. The builders were J Par; F Bu and D McGre (inscribed abbreviations).

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    site_id : 975

    Name : Callander Site St Kessog's Pre Ref-Pa Church & BG

  • Street :
  • Town : Bridge St, Callander
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  • Parish : Callander
  • Local Authority : Central
  • Location
  • Easting : 262680
  • Northing : 707880
  • Dates
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    Record Modified :

  • Title: First church built
  • Description: Granted to the Bishop of Dunblane
  • Date From: 1238 (pre)
  • Title: Erected as a Parish Church
  • Description:
  • Date From: 1594
  • Title: Parish united with Kilmachog Parish
  • Description:
  • Date From: 1620
  • Title: New church built on a new site
  • Description: Church allowed to decay and then was demolished
  • Date From: 1773
  • Bibliographies.

  • Original Bibliographies. May be out of date.
    • Name: The Parishes of Medieval Scotland
    • Author: I B Cowan
    • Date: 2014
    • Notes: Scottish Record Society
    • Name: Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae - The Succession of Ministers in the CoS from the Reformation - Vol 4 - Synods of Argyll and of Perth and Stirling
    • Author: Hew Scott
    • Date: 1923
    • Notes: Oliver & Boyd
    • Name: Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae - Ministers of the Church from the date of publication of Vols i to Vii (1914 - 1928) and Addenda and Corrigenda from 1560 to 1949 - Vol VIII
    • Author: Hew Scott
    • Date: 1950
    • Notes: Oliver & Boyd
    • Name: Buildings of Scotland - Perth & Kinross
    • Author: John Gifford
    • Date: 2007
    • Notes: Yale University Press

  • Site Archives
    • Archive: Scottish Church Heritage Research Archive - Offline database - Notes: SCHR SharePoint Archive
    • Website:
    • Reference: 975

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