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Dunkeld Cathedral | |
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Location | Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross |
Country | Scotland |
Denomination | Church of Scotland |
Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Founded | 1260 |
Dedication | St Columba |
Associated people | Crínán of Dunkeld |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Scheduled monument |
Designated | 10 October 1994[1] |
Administration | |
Presbytery | Dunkeld and Meigle |
Diocese | Diocese of Dunkeld (historic) |
Dunkeld Cathedral is a Church of Scotland place of worship which stands on the north bank of the River Tay in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Built in square-stone style of predominantly grey sandstone, the cathedral proper began in 1260 and completed in 1501.[2] It stands on the site of the former Culdee Monastery of Dunkeld, stones from which can be seen as an irregular reddish streak in the eastern gable.
It is not formally a 'cathedral', as the Church of Scotland nowadays has neither cathedrals nor bishops, but it is one of a number of similar former cathedrals which has continued to carry the name.