About this book
Chronicles of Strathearn by John Hunter invites listeners into the rich, layered history of Strathearn and surrounding Perthshire, told through parish memories, antiquarian sketches, and Victorian scholarship. This History collection, first published in 1896, gathers a series of essays from local ministers and historians that trace Celtic saints and early churches, Pictish remnants near ancient capitals, the Abbey of Inchaffray, the Gask district, and the shifting borderlands at the Gate of the Highlands.
Readers will encounter vivid accounts of Auchterarder’s presbytery, the castles, baronies, and sheriffdoms that shaped local governance, the folk echoes of the Plain of the Bards, and sacred sites such as the Well of St. Fillan. Archaeology, ecclesiastical history, rural life, and Highland edge culture are woven together with period illustrations by W. B. MacDougall, preserving a late-19th-century perspective on landscape and lore.
Perfect for lovers of Scottish history, local and genealogical researchers, and travelers planning a trip to Perthshire, this audiobook brings Victorian-era scholarship and regional storytelling to life—an evocative companion for anyone who wants to hear the voices and places that made Strathearn.
