Fortingall
Sign in to saveFortingall () (lit. "Escarpment Church"—i.e. "church at the foot of an escarpment or steep slope") is a small village in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. Its nearest sizable neighbours are Aberfeldy and Kenmore.
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Place details
- Locality
- Fortingall
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Fortingall
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Fartairchill
- UK place.static_image_name
- Fortingall, Scotland.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Cottages in Fortingall
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NN739470
- UK place.post_town
- ABERFELDY
- UK place.postcode_area
- PH
- UK place.postcode_district
- PH15
- UK place.dial_code
- 01887
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Perth and North Perthshire
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Perth and Kinross
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Fortingall
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Fortingall, Scotland.JPG
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- P7959
- Perthshire
- P8168
- defecation
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Parish church
- The yew tree
- Village planning
- Archaeology
- Gallery
- References
- Further reading
Fortingall () (lit. "Escarpment Church"—i.e. "church at the foot of an escarpment or steep slope") is a small village in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. Its nearest sizable neighbours are Aberfeldy and Kenmore.
Local legend claims that it was the birthplace of Pontius Pilate, although he was born well before the Roman conquest and became famous in the biblical account of Jesus's death 30 years before the Romans first reached this part of Scotland. A number of other locations, including villages in Spain and Germany, make similar claims. It is also famous for the Fortingall Yew, the village's churchyard yew tree that could be over 5,000 years old, and thus one of the oldest living things in Europe.