Collace

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Collace ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|l|e:|s}}) is a parish in Perthshire, Scotland, {{convert|8|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} northeast of Perth, in Strathmore.{{cite web|title=History of Collace, in Perth and Kinross and Perthshire|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=16643|publisher=Vision of Britain|accessdate=2 April 2012}} The parish boundary includes the neighbouring villages of Kinrossie and Saucher.

The traditional industries of the area are farming, quarrying (sandstone) and weaving, but the latter is now gone.{{cite web|url=http://perthshire.blogspot.co.uk/2007/12/collace-perthshire-scotland.html|title=Collace Perthshire Scotland|website=perthshire.blogspot.co.uk|date=10 December 2007}}

Dunsinane Hill, mentioned in the Shakespeare play Macbeth, is located near Collace. King's Seat, a low hill east of the village, is marked romantically on older maps as "Macbeth's Castle".{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/ordnance-survey-map-series/list/os6inch/perthshire/collace |title=Ordnance Survey Maps in Collace, Perthshire | ScotlandsPlaces |access-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808182915/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/ordnance-survey-map-series/list/os6inch/perthshire/collace |archive-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Bandirran Stone Circle stands just south of the village.{{cite web|url=http://www.stravaiging.com/history/ancient/site/bandirran-west|title=Bandirran (west) - stone circle in Collace, Perthshire - Stravaiging around Scotland|first=Andy|last=Sweet|website=www.stravaiging.com}}

Buildings

The current [https://scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/collace-parish-church/ Collace parish church] building dates from 1812 to 1813 and is on the site of an earlier church dedicated in 1242. Four stained glass windows from 1919 depict scenes from the life of Christ.

In the graveyard are important 17th- and 18th-century gravestones, a rare medieval Discoid stone and a conserved mort-house.

Next to the church are the remains of a medieval building with a Romanesque arch which was used as the mausoleum for the Nairne family.

The chief mansion house is Dunsinnan House, former seat of the extinct Nairne of Dunsinnan baronetcy.{{cite web|title=Perthshire Blogspot|date=10 December 2007|url=http://perthshire.blogspot.com/2007/12/collace-perthshire-scotland.html|accessdate=13 January 2013}} An example of a 19th-century morthouse is located in the churchyard.

Notable residents

William Nairne, Lord Dunsinane (1731-1811) lived in Dunsinnan House
John MacKay Bernard FRSE (1857-1918) brewer, philanthropist and meteorologist lived in Dunsinnan House and is buried in Collace churchyard.{{cite web|url=http://www.collace.pkc.sch.uk/our%20work%20page%201112/Collace%20Churchyard%20Heritage/famous%20people%20in%20churchyard.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017050904/http://www.collace.pkc.sch.uk/our%20work%20page%201112/Collace%20Churchyard%20Heritage/famous%20people%20in%20churchyard.htm|archivedate=2016-10-17|title=(In)famous people buried in Collace churchyard|website=Collace Primary School}}{{unreliable source|date=March 2022}}

References

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Category:Villages in Perth and Kinross