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Balhousie Castle

Balhousie Castle, located in Perth, Scotland, dates to 1631, though its origins are believed to go back a further three hundred years. It originally served as the seat of the Earls of Kinnoull, and stood within a walled enclosure containing subsidiary buildings, orchards etc., on a terrace overlooking the North Inch. After falling into neglect in the early 19th century, the Castle was restored, and extensively remodelled on a larger scale in 1862-63 in the Baronial style by the architect David Smart. No original features survive except for parts of the original rubble walls on the east side. In 1962, the Castle became the Regimental Headquarters and Museum of The Black Watch. The latter displays the history of the regiment from 1739 to the present. The Black Watch Heritage Appeal was launched in September 2009 to raise in excess of £3.2 million to develop Balhousie Castle to provide a permanent home for the museum and archive of The Black Watch. The Regimental Trustees bought Balhousie Castle in January 2009.

HM Prison Perth

Located on one site in south east Perth, Scotland, HM Prison Perth is a prison that houses short term adult male prisoners (those prisoners serving under 4 years). A maximum security establishment which also houses fine defaulters and those on remand from the courts of Angus, City of Dundee, Perth and Kinross and the northern part of Fife. There is also a secure unit for Category A prisoners who are serving sentences of up to life imprisonment. The prison has a national unit that houses disruptive prisoners, where intensive staff/prisoner interaction occurs. The main building, a half-mile (1 km) south of the city centre beyond the South Inch, was constructed by architect Robert Reid (1774–1856) from 1810-12 to hold French prisoners captured during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1842, the building began service as a civilian prison and today represents Scotland's oldest prison still in use. It comprises five halls (labelled A to C) and has a capacity of 504 prisoners. A second building, Friarton Hall, which was until 1999 a separate institution known as HM Prison Friarton, lies opposite the southern end of Moncrieffe Island, 1 1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) south southeast of the town centre. This modern building once served to prepare prisoners for open conditions and had a capacity of 89. Friarton closed in early 2010 and is no longer part of HMP Perth HMP Perth no longer has a D Hall or an E hall. The old C Hall was knocked down in 2006 to make way for a new fit for purpose C Hall which holds 365 prisoners. Jail now holds 700. Perth holds a lot of long term prisoners (4 years or more). A total of three judicial executions by hanging took place on the gallows at Perth prison during the 20th Century: Edward Johnstone - executed 19 August 1908 for the murder of Jane Wallace (Withers) Alexander Edmundstone - executed 16 July 1909 for the murder of Michael Swinton Brown Stanislaw Miszka - executed 6 February 1948 for the murder of Catherine McIntyre As was customary, the bodies of executed prisoners were buried in unmarked graves within the prison walls.

Blackfriars

The Church of the Friars Preachers of Blessed Virgin and Saint Dominic at Perth, commonly called "Blackfriars", was a mendicant friary of the Dominican Order founded in the 13th century at Perth, Scotland. The Dominicans were said by Walter Bower to have been brought to Scotland in 1230 by King Alexander II of Scotland, while John Spottiswood held that they were brought to Scotland by William de Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews. Later tradition held that the Perth Dominican friary was founded by King Alexander II. The Pontifical Offices of St Andrews listed the friary as having been dedicated on May 13, 1240. The earliest surviving grant to the church dates to October 31, 1241. Perth was perhaps the most important royal centre in the Kingdom of Scotland until the reign of King James III of Scotland, and the Dominican friary was frequently used for national church councils and as a residence for the King of the Scots. It was at Blackfriars church that King James I of Scotland was murdered on the night of February 20, 1437, by followers of the Earl of Atholl. With the growth of Protestantism in Scotland, friaries were targeted by reformers more than any other church institutions, partly because their vitality posed the biggest threat. A Perth mob attacked the church on May 14, 1543, and on May 11, 1559, it and the other religious houses of the city were attacked, looted and put out of order. King James VI of Scotland granted all the property of the church to the burgh of Perth on August 9, 1569, nine years after the Reformation Parliament of 1560.

Bertha

Bertha was a Roman fortress north of the site of modern Perth, in Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Almond and Tay. It is half a mile east of the modern farm of "Berthapark". One source contradicts the view that Perth was a corruption of the forts name. According to this source, the name "Bertha" was originally used by medieval Scots historians, such as John of Fordun and Walter Bower, who did not know the original name for the site and who adapted a version of "Perth" Berth". The Romans probably called the site "Tamia", after a native name for the River Tay. In early medieval times the abandoned site was still used for ceremonial purposes by Pictish and Gaelic kings, when it was called "Rathinveramon". The fort was a supply base built around AD83 to support the occasional Roman expeditions into north-east Scotland. At that time, it was at the highest navigable point on the Tay. Its thought possible that the site was re-used on three occasions up to the 3rd century The 9-acre site was identified in the 18th century. It has been damaged by river erosion and by ploughing, but excavations in 1973 revealed a ditch 11 feet wide and 5.5 feet deep. Immediately within the ditch was a wide berm over 30 feet wide and this was backed by a turf rampart averaging about 21 feet wide.

Perth Bridge

Perth Bridge is a toll-free bridge in the city of Perth, Scotland. It spans the River Tay, connecting Perth, on the eastern side of the river, to Bridgend, on its western side, carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of West Bridge Street . It is a Category A listed structure. The bridge was completed in October 1771, which places it in the Georgian era; however, its plaque states the year in which construction began, 1766, as its "built" date. The engineer of its construction was John Smeaton, after whom the bridge is named. Funded by Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull, the government, and public subscription, the bridge was put to the test three years after its completion. In February 1774, during a quick thaw, broken ice became wedged under the arches and created a natural dam. Large sections of Perth, including both of its Inches, were flooded. The bridge, however, stood firm. It has survived many subsequent floods, and marks documenting these levels are visible on one of its piers. An increase in traffic resulted in the bridge being widened in 1869 by A.D. Stewart. Its stone parapets were removed, and footpaths projected over iron brackets.

Scone Abbey

Scone Abbey was a house of Augustinian canons based at Scone, Perthshire , Scotland. Varying dates for the foundation have been used ranging between 1114 and 1122. However, historians have long believed that Scone was a center of the early medieval Christian cult, the Culdees meaning "Companions of God". Very little is known about the Culdees but it is thought that a cult may have been worshiping at Scone from as early as 700. Archaeological surveys taken in 2007 suggest that Scone was a site of real significance prior to Kenneth MacAlpin bringing the Stone of Destiny, Scotland's most prized relic and coronation stone, to Scone in 841. The priory was established by six canons from Nostell Priory in West Yorkshire, under the leadership of Prior Robert, who was the first prior of Scone (later bishop of St Andrews). The foundation charter, dated 1120, was once thought to be spurious but is now regarded as being of late 12th-century origin, perhaps the copying owing to the fire which occurred there sometime before 1163 (it would experience a similar destruction of records during the Wars of Scottish Independence). In either 1163 or 1164, in the reign of King Máel Coluim IV, Scone Priory's status was increased and it became an abbey. The abbey had important royal functions, being next to the coronation site of Scottish kings and housing the Stone of Destiny (until it was stolen by King Edward I of England). Scone Abbey was, in the words of King Máel Coluim IV, "in principali sede regni nostri" (RRS, no. 243; trs. "in the principal seat of our kingdom"), and as such was one of the chief residences of the Scottish kings. The Abbot would play host to the king whilst he resided at Scone, most likely accommodating the king within the Abbot's own rooms within the Abbot's Palace. It is very likely that the abbey buildings overlapped with the modern palace. The abbey also had relics of the now obscure St Fergus, which made it a popular place of pilgrimage. Although the abbey would remain famous for its music its status declined over time. After the reformation in 1559, Scottish abbeys disappeared as institutions; although not overnight as some suggest. The abbey at Scone continued to function well into the 17th century; there are documents which described repairs made to the spire of the abbey church dating from 1620. Scone Abbey and parish was formed in the late 16th century into a secular lordship and finally ceased to function around 1640. Scone became a secular lordship, first for the Earl of Gowrie, and then for Sir David Murray of Gospertie. The property and lordship have been in the possession of the Murrays of Scone ever since, this branch of the Murray clan becoming the Earls of Mansfield. Scone Abbey flourished for over four hundred years. In 1559 during the early days of the Scottish Reformation, it fell victim to a mob from Dundee who were whipped into a zealous frenzy by the great reformer John Knox. The abbey was badly damaged despite Knox's attempt to calm the mob as they approached Perth. Despite this setback the Abbey was repaired and continued to function for a further 80 years. In 1580, the abbey estates were granted to Lord Ruthven, later the Earl of Gowrie, who held extensive estates in Scotland: including Ruthven Castle near Perth and Dirleton Castle. The Ruthvens rebuilt the Abbot's Palace of the old abbey as a grand residence in 1580. In 1600, James VI charged the family with treason after the Gowrie Conspiracy, banning the use of the name "Ruthven" and confiscating their estates. The Gowrie lands at Scone including the Abbot's Palace were granted to Sir David Murray of Gospetrie, later 1st Lord Scone and Viscount Stormont, as a reward for interceding on the King's behalf to quell the people of Perth in the chaotic aftermath of the Gowrie Conspiracy. The precise location of Scone Abbey had long remained a mystery, but in 2007 archaeologists pinpointed the location using magnetic resonance imaging technology. The find revealed the structure to have been somewhat larger than had been imagined and revealed that the Moot Hill had at some point been surrounded by a ditch and palisade; marking it out not as a defensive position but as a hugely significant sanctum within which Kings professed their vows to the people of Scotland. A stylised illustration of the Abbey on one of its seals suggests that it was a major Romanesque building, with a central tower crowned with a spire.

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