Site of the Charterhouse, Perth
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Site of the Charterhouse, Perth
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 8 Oct 2013
The monument stands on the corner of King Street and Hospital Street. Surmounted by a crown over the initials and numerals JR 1437, it bears a sculpted royal standard and the inscription: "Within these grounds stood the Carthusian monastery founded by King James I of Scotland in 1429. It was the only house belonging to this order in Scotland. In the precincts of the monastery were buried the royal founder, his queen Joan Beaufort and Margaret Tudor queen of King James IV." (1437 is the date of James I's assassination in the Blackfriars monastery of Perth.) For more on the Charterhouse, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Charterhouse See also Image
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Image Location
Latitude
56.395
Longitude
-3.434623