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St Peter's Church and graveyard, Invergowrie is a medieval parish church with its associated burial ground in Perthshire, Scotland. The church stands on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a sandstone formation laid down during the Pragian period and interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This substantial geological foundation, exposed across much of central Scotland, provided the local building stone that would have been quarried or gathered from the immediate locality for the church's construction.
The graveyard contains burials spanning centuries, reflecting Invergowrie's role as a parish church serving the surrounding community. The combination of church building and burial ground represents the dual function of such sites as both spiritual centres and repositories of the dead, essential to every Scottish parish from the medieval period onwards.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM2996, recognising its archaeological and historical significance. The site preserves evidence of medieval ecclesiastical practice and local social structures within Perthshire's landscape.
St Peter's Church & graveyard, Invergowrie is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2996. View the official record →
St Peter's Church and graveyard, Invergowrie is a medieval parish church with its associated burial ground in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2996.
St Peter's Church & graveyard, Invergowrie 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 SM2996.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow, 350m NNW of 28 Red Cliffs (1.7 km), Balmerino Abbey (5.5 km), Waterloo, enclosure 300m ESE of (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of St Peter's Church & graveyard, Invergowrie's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
St Peter's Church & graveyard, Invergowrie stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.