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Brechin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (929 words) |
 | The Royal Burgh of Brechin is a burgh in Angus, Scotland. |
| Brechin was the birthplace of Robert Watson-Watt, an important pioneer in the early development of radar. |
| Brechin was the mother church of the provinces of Angus and Mearns, a centre from which the Culdee monks went out to minister to the local communities. |
| Illustrated Guide to Places to Visit - Brechin Cathedral and Round Tower (675 words) |
| There may have been a church in the Brechin area as early as the beginning of the 8th century but there is certainly evidence for a church in the early 9th century in the form a Pictish cross-slab, known as the St Mary stone, which is still preserved in the present cathedral. |
| This document states that Kenneth II "gave the great city of Brechin to the Lord" and a stone carving in the cathedral dated from the early 11th century represent a bishop (with a typical Celtic crozier or staff of a bishop of the Céli Dé. |
| The tower at Brechin is 86 feet to the wallhead and over 106 feet to the apex of the octagonal cap-house (which replaced a conical one in the late 14th century. |
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