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454 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 The oldest tower bell in the county is the Ave Maria bell in St John's Church, Perth, now hanging in the apex of the side belfry and dating from about 1340. A separate article will be devoted to the bells of this church. There is then a gap to the late 15th century. The disused bell at Blackford bears
Cargill handbell, CLOUSTON: THE BELLS OF PERTHSHIRE 455
456 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 Burma in 1852, and may have been cast in the 18th century. Closer to home, Andrew Machen of Glasgow cast
ABERFELDY: Parish Church (visited 8.6.68). This fabric CLOUSTON: THE BELLS OF PERTHSHIRE 457
458 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 Inscription Band Mou.-CAi.Tig, Wcr-es. ILLUS
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CLOUSTON: THE BELLS OF PERTHSHIRE I 461 The former Free Church, of which the tower remains, used to have a bell cast by John C Wilson of Glasgow in 1874, 23 in. (584 mm) diameter, 321 Ib (145 kg) in weight, No 1236. There also used to be a bell hanging
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466 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 gudgeons, peg stay engaging with an iron latchet in the side frame. The timber wheel has an iron hoop bolted to
468 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 There
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474 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 DRON: Parish Church (visited 21.5.66).
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CLOUSTON: THE BELLS OF PERTHSHIRE I 477 ILLUS 23 Dunblane Cathedral: handbell of 1612 by an unknown founder the outer mould or cope would produce a mirror image on the finished bell. The initials intended are R A, and they could stand for Ralph Ashton I of Wigan who is not thought to have started bell founding on his own until 1703.
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484 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 Fortingall: disused bell by Johannes Specht ILLUS 32 Fortingall: disused Dutch bell of 1765; cast of
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486 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 INNERWICK: Parish Church (visited 6.6.68).
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488 I SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 alternately round
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CLOUSTON: THE BELLS OF PERTHSHIRE I 493 LOCHEARNHEAD: Parish Church (visited 29.6.82). Hung between brackets on the outside of the west wall
CLOUSTON: THE BELLS OF PERTHSHIRE 495 above the soundbow and two by the lip. The tone is doleful with pitches of 1020,?,730,649,212 Hz and no tuning marks. Little wear with unworn soundbow 1 % in. (46 mm) thick. The cast-in crown staple supports a stirrup-topped clapper with
496 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 Scotland (illus 42, 43), though Otto Bakker of Rotterdam, possibly his brother, cast the Auchtergaven bell in 1757. Ornamental borders above and below the inscription. The initial N is broken, the A of AO is missing, the
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502 I SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 ILLUS 46 Rattray: cast of French arms on 18th-century bell an error. John C Wilson of Glasgow was casting bells for John Bryden & Sons of Edinburgh in this period, and this may be No 1010, 18 in. (508 mm) diameter, 145% Ib (65.9 kg) cast in October 1869. The fittings include headstock, wheel
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506 I SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1992 TRINITY-GASK: Parish Church (visited 5.6.65).
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