Abernethy is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated eight miles south-east of Perth. It has one of Scotland's two surviving Irish-style round towers (the other is at Brechin, Angus; both are in the care of Historic Scotland). The key for the round tower can be obtained from a nearby café, and it is possible to climb to the top, using a modern metal spiral staircase (the Tower originally had several wooden floors linked by ladders).
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- Abernethy is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated eight miles south-east of Perth. It has one of Scotland's two surviving Irish-style round towers (the other is at Brechin, Angus; both are in the care of Historic Scotland). The key for the round tower can be obtained from a nearby café, and it is possible to climb to the top, using a modern metal spiral staircase (the Tower originally had several wooden floors linked by ladders). It was once the 'capital' (or at least a major religious and political centre) of the Pictish kingdom. The tower was evidently built in two stages (shown by a change in the masonry), and probably dates to the 11th-early 12th centuries. The parish church is dedicated to St Bridget of Kildare (fl. 451-525), and the church is said to have been founded by Dairlugdach, second abbess of Kildare, one of early Christian Ireland's major monasteries, on land given by Nechtan, king of the Picts. Abernethy may have been the seat of an early Pictish bishopric, its diocese extending westward along Strathearn. In the 12th century the bishop's seat was moved to Muthill, then Dunblane, but Abernethy remained the site of a small priory of Augustinian canons, founded 1272. This priory was suppressed in favour of a collegiate church under the patronage of the Douglas Earls of Angus, in the 15th century. Remains of the collegiate church survived until 1802 within the present village graveyard, when they were replaced by the present plain red sandstone church, which is still dedicated to St Bridget. The village's name is Celtic, meaning 'confluence of the Nethy' (ie. with the River Tay), the earliest recorded form being Apurnethige. The Nethy Burn flows down from the Ochil Hills past the present village. Several pieces of Pictish or early medieval sculpture have been found in Abernethy, including an incomplete Pictish symbol stone attached to the base of the round tower. The location "Afarnach's Hall" referred to in the earliest mediaeval Arthurian literature is usually identified as Abernethy. A recently opened small museum, open 1pm to 5pm from Thursday to Sunday between May and September, has exhibits on the history of the village and also holds a key to the tower. Over the years local industry and commerce has largely declined. A general store and newsagent are the only shops remaining on the Main Street (the post office having closed in early 2009). However, the village still manages to support two local pubs and a tea room (which also holds a tower key). A Gala Day is held annually on the first Saturday in June, with a race to the top of nearby Castle Law taking place the following day.
- Abernethy est un village écossais situé à 7 km au sud-est de Perth, dans la région de Perth and Kinross. Il fut autrefois le siège d'un évêché transféré à Saint Andrews dès le IX siècle, et fut la résidence d'anciens rois pictes.
- Abernethy er en landsby som ligger ved elven Tay i Perth and Kinross i Skottland omtrent ca 30 km sørøst for Perth. Abernethy var en gang «hovedstaden» (eller iallfall et religiøst og politisk senter) i det piktiske kongeriket. Stedet har en av Skottlands to overlevende rundtårn av irsk type (det andre er i Brechin i Angus, begge blir tatt hånd om og administreres av foreningen Historic Scotland). Det tyve meter høye rundtårnet ble tilsynelatende bygget i to etapper, noe som kan ses i endringer i steinverket, og kan datertes til mellom 1000- og 1100-tallet. Landsbyens navn er piktisk, det eldste kjente opptegnelsen var «Apurnethige». Flere utgaver av piktisk eller tidlig middelaldersk skulptur har blitt funnet i Abernethy, inkludert en ufullstendig piktisk symbolstein som er murt inn i rundtårnets fundament. Tårnet er etter sigende å ha fått sitt navn fra det skotsk gæliske ordet ‘Aber’ som betyr ”«munn av» og ‘Nethy’ som er navnet på elven. Til vest for Abernethy, i byen Forteviot, beseiret kong Cináed mac Ailpín eller Kenneth I av Skottland i henhold til myten pikterne og deres konge og ble med kongeriket Skottlands grunnlegger. De fleste historikere mener likevel i dag at dette slaget aldri fant sted, se MacAlpins forræderi. Et lite museum ble åpnet ganske nylig og holdes åpen for publikum i sommermånedene og har en utstilling om landsbyen. I 2001 hadde Abernethy en befolkning på 945 mennesker.
- Abernethy är en by i Skottland med omkring 900 invånare, belägen vid Tay cirka 13 kilometer sydöst om Perth. Staden var förr säte för pikternas konungar, från vilkas tid ett 24 meter högt, runt torn ännu kvarstår. Väster om Abernethy, i byn Forteviot, besegrade år 842 Kenneth I, skoternas konung och pikterna och blev därigenom konungariket Skottlands grundläggare.
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- Abernethy is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated eight miles south-east of Perth. It has one of Scotland's two surviving Irish-style round towers (the other is at Brechin, Angus; both are in the care of Historic Scotland). The key for the round tower can be obtained from a nearby café, and it is possible to climb to the top, using a modern metal spiral staircase (the Tower originally had several wooden floors linked by ladders).
- Abernethy est un village écossais situé à 7 km au sud-est de Perth, dans la région de Perth and Kinross. Il fut autrefois le siège d'un évêché transféré à Saint Andrews dès le IX siècle, et fut la résidence d'anciens rois pictes.
- Abernethy er en landsby som ligger ved elven Tay i Perth and Kinross i Skottland omtrent ca 30 km sørøst for Perth. Abernethy var en gang «hovedstaden» (eller iallfall et religiøst og politisk senter) i det piktiske kongeriket. Stedet har en av Skottlands to overlevende rundtårn av irsk type (det andre er i Brechin i Angus, begge blir tatt hånd om og administreres av foreningen Historic Scotland).
- Abernethy är en by i Skottland med omkring 900 invånare, belägen vid Tay cirka 13 kilometer sydöst om Perth. Staden var förr säte för pikternas konungar, från vilkas tid ett 24 meter högt, runt torn ännu kvarstår. Väster om Abernethy, i byn Forteviot, besegrade år 842 Kenneth I, skoternas konung och pikterna och blev därigenom konungariket Skottlands grundläggare.
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