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The little tin kirk, Killin

Rabbit admires St Fillan's Episcopal Church in Killin.

Built in 1876 by the Earl of Breadalbane for private use by shooting parties, St Fillan’s earned the name ‘Grouse Church’ among locals. It has been in almost continual use since then and has a weekly Episcopal service and a Roman Catholic mass.Constructed from corrugated iron, this ‘tin tabernacle’ was bought in kit form from a specialist manufacturer, likely to be the London Iron Church and Chapel Co., in which the Earl held shares. It's one of Scotland's smallest churches, and one of the best preserved of these little tin churches which are found in various villages.

www.scotsman.com/news/six-of-scotland-s-smallest-churches-1-4283475

You will see that the sun is still shining. In fact, we're now entering our fourth week of almost continuous warm, sunny weather. It's astonishing! Rabbit has been too warm to sleep at nights. But he is certainly not complaining!
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8 comments

Fred Fouarge said:

is die echt van TIN???
6 years ago ( translate )

Rabbitroundtheworld replied to Fred Fouarge:

Yes!
6 years ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Excellent portrait and background scenery!

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6 years ago ( translate )

Pam J said:

Wavesssssssss to Rabbit

You actually see a lot of corrugated iron used in buildings rurally here in Oklahoma !

Here.. hottest May on record for OK.. 100F and I hate it !
6 years ago

Keith Burton said:

Lovely little church............and a lovely little Rabbit. Nicely taken.

There are quite a few of these "tin tabernacles" around still : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_tabernacle
This one is listed.
6 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

New to me too. Still early Spring in Madrid - lots of rain and very cool. Almost Cornish weather!
6 years ago

Rabbitroundtheworld replied to Andy Rodker:

Don't tell me Scotland has better weather than Spain! (we're now into our 5th week of warm weather here...)
6 years ago

Gudrun said:

What a lovely little church, no wonder Rabbit admires it too:-)
6 years ago