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A Night Tour of Scotland’s Most Haunted Castle – Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle is steeped in legend and has over 1,000 years of history. It is the ancestral seat to the...
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The Decline of St Andrews Castle and Cathedral
During the siege, in November 1546, the French ambassador in London, Odet de Selve, learned that the St Andrews Castle’s...
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St Andrews Castle’s Mine and Counter-mine – One of Europe’s Most Extraordinary Examples of Siege Engineering
In the 1540s the authority of the established Church became increasingly under threat from growing numbers of reformers. They were...
Read moreThe Heyday of St Andrews Castle, Scotland
Bishop Roger de Beaumont, chancellor of Scotland, built St Andrews castle in the year 1200 to provide essential protection for...
Read moreSt Andrews Castle, Scotland – The Episcopal Palace For 400 Years
A few hundred metres along the craggy coastline from St Andrews Cathedral sits the remains of St Andrews Castle. It...
Read moreKinrimund, Known Today as St Andrews – The Head of the King’s Mount in Scotland
St Andrews is the site of a religious settlement of great antiquity and was originally known as Kinrimund or Kilrimont,...
Read moreThe Gravestones in St Andrews Cathedral – An Insight Into The Rituals of the Past
The gravestones on display in St Andrews Cathedral’s museum date from the 1560s, after the Reformation. The stones, with their...
Read moreThe St Andrews Sarcophagus – One Of The Finest Examples of a Medieval Sculpture in Europe
In 1833, fragments of a sculptured stone were discovered during gravedigging near St Rule’s Tower, in the grounds of St...
Read moreSt Andrews Cathedral Museum – Home To A Huge Collection of Artefacts
St Andrews Cathedral’s museum is housed in three rooms on either side of the visitor reception. The rooms include two...
Read moreSt Andrews Cathedral’s Chapter House – A Favoured Burial Site for Priors
The Chapter House was the main meeting room of the canons as the governing body of the cathedral priory. It...
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