Invermay

Invermay
Invermay
 Invermay shown within Perth and Kinross
OS grid referenceNO060161
Council areaPerth and Kinross
Lieutenancy areaPerth and Kinross
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Perth
Postcode district PH2
Dialling code 01764
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentOchil and South Perthshire
Scottish ParliamentPerth
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 56°19′41″N 3°31′18″W / 56.327920°N 3.521702°W / 56.327920; -3.521702

Invermay is a diffuse settlement in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated approximately 2 km southeast of Forteviot on the Water of May, some 8 km southwest of Perth.[1]

Farmland near Invermay

An early medieval freestanding cross was once located at Invermay (grid reference NO05981664, but was destroyed in the 18th century and it was replaced with a modern stone.[2][3] The fragments of the original are thought to be those now found in the Porch of Forteviot church.[4]

See also

Forteviot

References

  1. ↑ "Perth & Alloa", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22997-1
  2. ↑ "Invermay: cross", Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Canmore database, retrieved October 21, 2010
  3. ↑ Borland, J.; Fraser, I.; Sherriff, J. (2007), "Eight socketed stones from Eastern Scotland", Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal 13: 107
  4. ↑ "Forteviot Churchyard, Crosses", Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Canmore database, retrieved October 21, 2010


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