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Tullypowrie Burn is a medieval chapel, cross slab, farmstead and mill located in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a rare grouping of ecclesiastical and secular structures that illustrate the integrated religious and agricultural life of a medieval rural community. The site sits upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, formed in the Middle Cambrian period, where alternating bands of psammite and pelite create the foundation geology of this part of Perthshire. This geologically stable ground provided suitable terrain for the construction and long-term settlement of both the chapel and adjoining structures.
The complex demonstrates the typical medieval pattern of settlement clustering around ecclesiastical provision. The cross slab indicates the presence of a significant Christian focal point, whilst the farmstead and mill reveal the working agricultural economy that sustained the community. Such integrated monumental landscapes are uncommon survival, as later settlement and cultivation frequently obscured or removed evidence of medieval organisation.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5446, recognising its importance as evidence of medieval social organisation and land use in the Scottish Highlands. The preservation of multiple functional elements within a single archaeological landscape makes Tullypowrie Burn an important record of how medieval communities organised their religious devotion alongside their economic survival.
Tullypowrie Burn,chapel,cross slab,farmstead and mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5446. View the official record →
Tullypowrie Burn is a medieval chapel, cross slab, farmstead and mill located in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5446.
Tullypowrie Burn,chapel,cross slab,farmstead and mill dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a chapel,cross slab,farmstead and mill. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tullypowrie Burn,chapel,cross slab,farmstead and mill 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 SM5446.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dunvorist,dun 180m S of (4.5 km), Lundin, dun 500m NNE of (4.8 km), Castle Dow,hut circles 1150m SSW of,950m S of & 1300m SSE of (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tullypowrie Burn,chapel,cross slab,farmstead and mill'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.
Tullypowrie Burn,chapel,cross slab,farmstead and mill stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.