C h u r c h .
Alexander III. ample proteftion and confirmation *. The revenue, I
at the Reformation, was 150¿1. 10s. 4 d. Scots, befides a large conJ
tribution of different fort? of grain ft.
The prefent church was built by Robert Arden, the igth bifhop”]
who was interred in it, about the year 1436 J. Except the choir,
which ferves as the pariih church, the reft exhibits a fine ruin,
amidft the folemn fcene of rocks and woods. The extent within i||
120 feet by fixty. The body is fupported by two rows of round!
pillars, with fquared capitals! The arches Gothic.
In the veftry-room is a large monument of the Marquis ofl
Athol, who died in 1703. It is hung with the arms of all the nu-l
merous connections of this illuftrious houfe, which, by its great I
aneeftor Sir James .Stuart, called the black Knight of Lorn, and I
firft Earl of Athol of the prefent family, may boaft of being re-1
lated to every crowned head in Europe, excepting the Grandl
Segnior.
In the body of the church is a tomb with the recumbent effigiejl
in armour, of Alexander Stuart, Earl of Buchan, third fqn oil
Robert II. by Elizabeth More: a perfon of moft uncommon im-|
piety || 5 and for his cruelty juftly ftyled the Wolf of Radenoch.i
Yet his epitaph, when entire, ran thus :
“ Hie, jacet bonte memorise, Alexander Senefcallus comes del
“ Buchan etdominus de Badenoch, qui obiit 24. Novemb. 1394.” I
The cathedral was demolifhed in 1559 : the monuments werel
deftroyed in 1689, by the garrifon that was placed there at d
* K eith , 46. f Maitland, H iß . Scot. I. 244. J Monteith’s Epitaphs, 229.
Jj 3 d Ed. Toter Scot. 279. or Appendix, octavo, 67.
time,
i n S c o t l a n d :
time. I looked in vain for the tomb of Marjory Scot, who died at
Dunkeld, January 6th, 1728. Her epitaph was compofed by Alexander
Pennicuik, and is faid to have been infcribed in memory of
her longevity. It thus addrelfes the reader :
Stop Paflenger, until my L ife you read,
T h e Livin g may get knowledge from the Dead.
Five Times five Years I liv ’d a virgin L ife ;
Five Times five Years I liv ’d a happy W i f e ;
T en Times five Years I liv ’d a Widow chafte.
Now wearied o f this mortal L ife I reft.
Betwixt my Cradle and my Gra ve were feen
E igh t mighty Kings o f Scotland, and a Queen.
Four Times five Years a Commonwealth I faw,
T en Times the Subje&s rife againft the Law ;
Th r ic e did I fee old Prelacy p ull’d down,
And thrice the Clo ak was humbled by the Gown.
A n End o f Stuart*s Race I faw, nay more,
X faw my Country fold for Englijh Ore.
Such Defolations in my T ime have been ;
I have an End o f all Perfection feen.
The great ornament of this place is the Duke of Athol’s exten-
five improvements, and magnificent plantations, bounded by crags
with fummits of a tremendous height. The gardens extend along
the fide of the river, and command from different parts the moft
beautiful and pidturefque views of wild and gloomy nature that can
be conceived.
di'Afcend the h ill; and from a fouthern brow have a view of a
chain of fmall lakes, on whofe banks is Leagh wood, an eftate
granted by James III. to -John Stuart, Earl of Athol, as a reward
for his viftory over the great Macdonald of the iiles.
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