Rait Churchyard in Rait, Perth and Kinross

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Get directions Rait, Perth and Kinross, PH2 7RT Scotland

Coordinates: 56.42705, -3.25488
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The attractive village of Rait stands a little to the north of a minor road crossing the Sidlaw Hills through the Glen of Rait, seven miles north east of Perth. At the east end of the village and on the north side of the burn that runs through it, are the ruins of Rait Church.

Ecclesiastical records of the Parish indicate that there was a chapel at Kylspyndy in 1214. The Union of the neighborning parishes of Kilspindie and Rait took place some time before 1634. The church at Kilspindie, a mile southwest of Rait, was used, and the Rait Church was abandoned. In the Old Rait Churchyard that surrounds the old church ruins, you can see some very old gravemarkers. However, the presence of some modern graves shows that the graveyard continues to be used for burials.