Tuesday, October 11, 2011

St. Andrew's Cathedral

After Jay and I meandered around the St. Andrews golf course we made our way to the Cathedral and castle ruins. The castle was already closed for the day but we did get a few nice shots of the castle from the outside. One of the most beautiful ruins I have seen. From tombs, to great walls on the coast.

The St. Andrew’s Cathedral was the headquarters of the medieval Scottish Church, form the 12th century when it was built on to the Protestant reformation of 1560. The site itself is aid to have been used since the 8th century, when the relics of St Andrew (Scotland’s patron saint) are said to have been brought to the site. History is so much deeper here!

The graveyard is massive, the pictures we have only catch a small bit of them.

The sun was just starting to go down so it made for some smashing shots.



Castle Ruins

Nothing like the sound of waves while overlooking a castle ruins.


Cathedral at Sunset, incredible

One of the many tombs, inscribed on the side, "This grace slab in the only surviving part of the heightened medieval floor in this area of the cathedral. It has been moved back to show the coffins beneath."

A small glimpse at the gravesite, it was huge.

Some kind of deep dark hole....be a good girl at church is all I gotta say.

Overview of the cathedral from outside the walls.

One of the many University buildings, met a few Americans, loads of internationals in this city.

Jaysons favorite subjects...

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