Fincastle Chapel
Church in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Fincastle Chapel, also known as Glenfincastle Chapel, is a former church building in Glen Fincastle, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) south of Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is named for the glen in which it stands.[1]
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| Fincastle Chapel | |
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The chapel in 2006, looking northwest | |
 Fincastle Chapel | |
| 56°43′41″N 3°49′40″W | |
| Location | Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross |
| Country | Scotland |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1843 |
Standing at the apex of a hairpin curve of the B8019 Killiecrankie-to-Tummel Bridge road, where the road crosses Fincastle Burn, the chapel is believed to have been built in 1843, according to a datestone at the site. Inside the chapel there is a World War I memorial plaque honouring five local men who died in the conflict.[2]
Another plaque is to the memory of Charlotte Rachel Barbour (née Fowler),[3] who was a "friend of the children of Glen Fincastle 1930".[1] Charlotte's son, George Freeland Barbour (1882–1946), was for many years a worshipper and preacher at the chapel.[1] A tablet was placed, to give thanks, by the family of Helen Victoria Barbour (1891–1982): "For 63 years her home in this glen was a place of laughter, joy and inspiration for countless people from far and near."[1]
The chapel is shown as a free church on the first-edition Ordnance Survey maps, and as a school on the second edition.[1]
An octagonal wooden structure, which is not shown on the early maps, stands to the southeast of the chapel.[1]
The octagonal structure beside the chapel
Robert Stewart
The burial enclosure of Robert Stewart, 11th of Fincastle (1756–1822),[4] is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the chapel, and is a Category C listed structure.[5]