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Forteviot (
Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Tabhaicht) (
Ordnance Survey ) is a village in
Strathearn,
Scotland on the south bank of the
River Earn between
Dunning and
Perth. It lies in the council area of
Perth and Kinross. The population in 1991 was 160.
The present village was rebuilt in the 1920s by
John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot of the
Dewar's whisky family.
The Pictish Palace of Forteviot
Forteviot is known to have been inhabited in the 9th century. It was the palace of the Pictish kings of
Fortriu. King
Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth mac Alpin or Kenneth I of Scotland) (d.
858), is said to have died in the 'palace' (
palacio) there, and his successors. The palace formerly stood on Haly Hill on the west side of the village overlooking the
Water of Mey.
The ruins of a 'castle' associated with
Máel Coluim III (1058-93) were visible in the
17th century. Several pieces of early medieval sculpture are preserved in the parish church, which is dedicated to
St Andrew, and the well-known 'Forteviot Arch', an early-
9th century monolithic sandstone arch with figure sculpture, discovered in the old bed of the
Water of May, west of the terrace on which the village stands, is in the
Museum of Scotland in
Edinburgh. It is likely to have once adorned a royal chapel.
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