Fortingall
Fortingall is a small village in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. Its nearest sizable neighbours are Aberfeldy and Kenmore. Local legend claims that it was the birthplace of Pontius Pilate, although he was born well before the Roman conquest and became famous in the biblical account of Jesus's death 30 years before the Romans first reached this part of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Fartairchill” and “Kirkton of Fortingall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortingall Yew and Càrn na Marbh.
Fortingall Yew
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fortingall Yew is an ancient European yew in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. Considered one of the oldest trees in Britain, modern estimates place its age at an average of 5,000 years.
Càrn na Marbh
Archaeological site
Càrn na Marbh is a re-used Bronze Age tumulus, located in Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. The mound was used in the 14th century for burying victims of the plague away from the church graveyard.
Priory Island
Islet
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priory Island is an islet, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Fortingall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fearnan and Kenmore.
Fearnan
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fearnan is a small crofting village on the north shore of Loch Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. The village is known for Taymouth Castle, which is the birthplace of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Fearnan is situated 2 miles southwest of Fortingall.
Kenmore
Village
Photo: Ksbrown, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kenmore is a small village in Perthshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, located where Loch Tay drains into the River Tay. Kenmore is situated 2 miles southeast of Fortingall.
Acharn
Village
Acharn is a hamlet in the Kenmore parish of the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross. It is situated on the south shore of Loch Tay close to its eastern end. Acharn is situated 2 miles southeast of Fortingall.
Fortingall
- Category: locality
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.5983° or 56° 35′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.05397° or 4° 3′ 14″ westElevation
446 feet (136 metres)Open location code
9C8QHWXW+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 2196826787OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Fortingall” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆորտինգել”
- Basque: “Fortingall”
- Dutch: “Fortingall”
- French: “Fortingall”
- German: “Fortingall”
- Irish: “Fartairchill”
- Italian: “Fortingall”
- Japanese: “フォーティンゴール”
- Persian: “فورتینگال”
- Russian: “Фортингалл”
- Russian: “Фортингэл”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fartairchill”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fortingall”
- Western Frisian: “Fortingall”
- “Fartairchill”
- “Fortingall”
- “Fortingall - Fartairchill”
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