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Abernethy History

There is a good wee museum in Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, open Wednesday to Sunday 2pm-5pm from early May to September well worth a visit if you happen to be in the village in the summer months.

The village has other reminders of the past as well as the Tower itself, the graveyard and the War Memorial.

Stone with Pictish inscription (hard by Round Tower):-

Abernethy, Pictish Inscription in Stone

Almost next to the Pictish stone and set into the tower near its base is this manacle. Presumably it was a punishment site of some sort:-

Iron Manacle, Abernethy

Abernethy

Abernethy is a village in Perth and Kinross. It contains one of only two intact Pictish towers left in Scotland. (The other is in Brechin.)

Tower from street:-

Abernethy  Round Tower 1

A view from the tower. Graveyard just below:-
Part of Abernethy From Tower

Tower from graveyard:-

Abernethy  Round Tower

War Memorial from Tower:-
Abernethy  War Memorial

War Memorial from ground level:-
Abernethy War Memorial

Original inscription carved into plinth:-

Abernethy War Memorial WW 1.

War memorial names. Great War names above, 1939-45 below:-

War Memorial Names

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