An article challenging the mid--late twelfth-century date for St Rule's, presenting a new interpretation of the structure. Also considered are other church buildings in eastern--central Scotland which, it is argued, provide evidence of a well-established tradition of church construction in stone before the twelfth century.

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The Glenfinnan Monument, now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, is one of the principal symbols of Highland Jacobite culture. Set at the head of Loch Shiel, it marks the place at or near which the Jacobite standard was raised in 1745 to signal the start of the uprising led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Despite its fame as a Jacobite symbol, other aspects of the Monument have been overlooked, including the circumstances of its patronage by a local landowner with an instinct for excess, its history as a structure, and the fact that it was the work of one of the foremost Scottish architects of the first half of the 19th century, James Gillespie Graham. More speculatively, it is also argued here that its dramatic relationship to its topographical setting marks it out as a key monument of the Romantic period.This paper emanates from a survey and research project carried out by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) as part of its Listed Buildings Recording Programme.