Fowlis Wester Cross
Old Pictish cross slab that has been removed to the church and replaced with a replica. Sweet village and good walking.
According to Elizabeth Sutherland in In Search of the Picts this is illustrative of the Jonah and the Whale story; in the top-left corner the whale has swallowed Jonah leaving his sword and shield--in the top-right corner the whale is disgorging him.
Below the arms of the cross are two seated figures. These are Paul (on the left) and Antony (on the right) -- two early Christian hermits and saints. They supposedly lived alone in the desert in the early years of Christianity, meeting just before Paul's death at the age of 113 years. The story is that Paul fed on and was clothed by date palms, seen before and behind the figure on the left; a spirit (seen behind the figure on the right) revealed to Antony the presence of Paul in the desert.
Travel Directions to Fowlis Wester Cross
Follow signs from the A85
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Nearby Castles
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Innerpeffray Castle
15th century castle near Crieff now in picturesque and ruinous state. Well worth a visit to if you are nearby. Walk from the nearby and wonderful Innerpeffray Library. Located beside the River Earn.
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Braco Castle
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Drummond Castle
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Tarken Lodge, Loch Earn, sleeps 2
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Locherlour Mill Holiday Cottage, by Crieff
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Comrie Croft Nordic Katas
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Fowlis Wester Cross Cottages and Holiday SelfCatering
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