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St Bean's Church, Kinkell is a medieval kinkell situated in Perthshire, Scotland. A kinkell is a small, typically rural ecclesiastical structure associated with early Christian worship, often serving isolated settlements or monastic communities. The church occupies land underlain by Arbuthnott-Garvock Group sandstones dating to the Pragian period, ancient red sandstone interbedded with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that forms much of the local bedrock in this region.
The monument reflects the religious landscape of medieval Perthshire, where churches of this modest scale were distributed across the countryside to serve dispersed farming communities. St Bean's dedication to a local or regional saint is typical of parish churches established during the medieval period, when many Scottish rural churches acquired their patron saints' names. The sandstone underlying the site would have provided ready-building material for the church's construction.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5952, recognising its significance as evidence of medieval religious provision and settlement patterns in Perthshire. Such kinkells are important archaeological records of how Christian worship was organised across rural Scotland during the medieval period, though many have since disappeared or survive only as archaeological remains.
St Bean's Church,Kinkell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5952. View the official record →
St Bean's Church, Kinkell is a medieval kinkell situated in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5952.
St Bean's Church,Kinkell is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM5952.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lochie, enclosure 350m SE of (5.1 km), Ogle Hill,fort (5.7 km), Ben Effray,fort (6.3 km).
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St Bean's Church,Kinkell stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.