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Since 1993 Quaker meetings have been held in a Victorian house on Howard Place. The Society of Friends occupy the lower two storeys of the house, with…
In the 1930s the Christian Brethren leased a cottage on Greenside Place. This was subsequently converted into a hall for worship. The Christian…
A Congregational church was built on the north side of Market Street in 1807. The church had seating for 320 people. There were two entrances from the…
During the mid-nineteenth century a Congregational church was built on the east side of Bell Street. It was substantial Victorian stone building…
St Andrews Castle was once the home of the bishops of St Andrews. There seems to have been a castle on this site since at least the 1190s. We do not…
In 1774 the Burgher congregation in St Andrews moved to a building in a yard on the north side of South Street. This property still exists and is now…
During the 1730s a section of the Church of Scotland was unhappy with how ministers were appointed and the allocation of religious wealth. They formed…
The Dominican order (or black friars) arrived in St Andrews during the fifteenth century. There are references to a Dominican place or house in St…
St Andrews’ Dominican friary shortly after the Reformation. (Source: John Geddy, ‘S. Andrew sive Andreapolis Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana’. NLS, MS.20996. Available at: http://maps.nls.uk/towns/rec/215)There has been a Baptist church on South Street since the early 1840s. When the original church opened it had seating for 250 people. The main space…
The original Baptist chapel on a mid-nineteenth-century map. (Source: 1854 Ordnance Survey Map of St Andrews. Available at: https://maps.nls.uk/view/74416778)
Walter Bower describes life at St Andrews Cathedral Priory in the late Middle Ages. (Read by Professor Michael Brown.)St Andrews Cathedral was once the most important church in Scotland. It was the base for the country’s senior bishopric and housed the relics of…
A video showing how St Andrews Cathedral may have appeared in 1318. (Source: Open Virtual Worlds / Smart History)
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Interior of All Saints’ Church in about 1920. (Source: University of St Andrews Library, GMC-F-94.)All Saints’ Church originally served the St Andrews fishing community (which was traditionally focused around the east end of town). In 1903 a small…
Arthropleura Tracks, St AndrewsArthropleura tracks near St Andrews, a cast of them can be seen in MUSA, the Scores, St Andrews
Channel, Roome BayChannel cut into Carboniferous sandstones at Roome Bay, Crail
The Tolbooth built in 1598 and tower, rebuilt in 1776 contain well cut blocks of both local sandstone (buff-coloured) and material from Locharbriggs…
Tollbooth tower, CrailTollbooth Tower, Crail
Memorial Fountain, CrailThe Memorial Fountain was built in 1897 and is dedicated to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. It is built of both grey and red granite.
Tollbooth, CrailThe Tolbooth built in 1598 and tower, rebuilt in 1776 contain well cut blocks of both local sandstone (buff-coloured) and material from Locharbriggs…
Photosphere of KingcraigRaised beach platforms at Kingcraig, nr. Elie, Fife
Admiralty North East
Cellardyke RoseThis bay doesn’t actually have rubies, it’s named after the tiny red garnets in the sand which look a bit like rubies to the untrained eye. You might…
This area between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy has some pillow basalts as well as fossilised corals and crinoids.
Kinghorn to Kirkcaldy Geological TrailA walking trail to see the Geology between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy.
St Monans has a number of fossils including corals and also a coal seam. The rocks here have been folded and tilted since they were deposited.
St Monans Geological TrailA walking trail to see the Geology of St Monans.
At Wormit there is a wide variety of geology including lava flows, river conglomerates, intrusive rhyolite and glacial erratics.
Wormit Geological TrailA walking trail to see the geology of Wormit.
Rock and Spindle overvivewOverview of Kinkell Ness with Rock and Spindle
Cellardyke Rose modelDeformation structure within the Carboniferous sandstones at Cellardyke, Fife
Cellardyke RoseDeformation feature in Carboniferous sandstones near Cellardyke, Fife
Bed of fossil tree (Lepidodendron) stumps in Carboniferous sequence near Cellardyke, Fife
Carboniferous volcanic vent, Kinkell Ness has at its centre the Rock and Spindle
Holy Trinity Church features many interesting types of stone, including a beautiful alabaster and marble pulpit.
Holy Trinity Church St Andrews - A Testimony in StoneA guide to the different types of stone used to build Holy Trinity Church.
At Aberdour the country rock (carboniferous sandstone) has been intruded by younger magma. There are also good examples of faulting and cross bedding.
Aberdour Geological TrailA walking trail to see the geology of Aberdour.
The rock at Crail is largely Carboniferous Sandstone and Shale, but a variety of types of rock have been used to build the village.
Building Stones of CrailA walking guide to the stones that St Andrews is built with.
Building Stones of St AndrewsA guide to the stones used to build St Andrews.
St Andrews Geological TrailGeological field guide to St Andrews.
The Rock and Spindle is an ancient volcanic vent, and it has an excellent example of radial columnar jointing (it looks like spokes of a wheel) due to…
Kingsbarns has a variety of different fossils including 330 million year old millipede tracks. There are also fossilised shells and the imprints of…
Kingsbarns Geological TrailGeological field guide to Kingsbarns Beach.
Arthropleura TracksKincaple East raised beaches
kincaple OSL samplingTim Kinnaird OSL sampling
St Fort disused sand and gravel quarry on the Wormit esker.
Esker St FortAerial view of the esker at St Fort
St Fort QuarryAerial view of St Fort sand and gravel quarry
Kinkell Raised Beach 3360 photosphere on the 4m raised beach to east of Kinkell Braes
KingcraigKincraig Point raised beach platforms
Electromagnetic SurveyConducting electromagnetic surveying on the raised beaches at Kingcraig using a Geonics EM38
Raised beach platforms, KingcraigOverview of raised beach platforms at Kingcraig near Elie, Fife
Sampling Platforms, KingcraigSampling the platform sections at Kingcraig point for OSL dating
Rock and SpindleThe Rock and Spindle geological site
Kingsbarns BeachEarly Christian hand-bell formerly kept and used in St Fillan’s Church, Struan (near Blair Atholl), Perthshire, and possibly associated with that…
St Fillan's Bell
CulrossCulross (/ˈkurəs/) (Scottish Gaelic: Cuileann Ros, 'holly point or promontory') is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland.
Culross Abbey (Parish Church), Fife
InverkeithingInverkeithing (/ˌɪnvərˈkiːðɪŋ/ Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Chèitinn) is a port town and parish, in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. According to…
Inverkeithing Friary, InverkeithingInverkeithing Friary, Queen Street, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
BurntislandBurntisland (/bɜːrntˈaɪlənd/, Scots: Bruntisland) is a former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth.…
Burntisland Parish KirkDating from 1592, St. Columba's is the oldest pre-Reformation kirk still in use. In 1601, it was the venue of the General Assembly, held in the…
AberdourAberdour (/ˌæbərˈdaʊər/ (About this soundlisten); Scots: Aiberdour,[2] Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dobhair) is a scenic and historic village on the south…
St Fillan's Church 20100930 from the southSt Fillan's Church, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. View from the south.
DysartDysart (/ˈdaɪzərt/ Scottish Gaelic: Dìseart) is a former town and royal burgh located on the south-east coast between Kirkcaldy and West Wemyss in…
St Serf's Church, DysartDysart, Panhall, Shore Road, St Serf's Church
MethilMethil (Scottish Gaelic: Meadhchill)[2] is an eastern coastal town in Scotland. It was first recorded as "Methkil" in 1207, and belonged to the Bishop…
Pre-Ref Methil ChurchThe site of the pre-Reformation Methil Parish Church, now part of Methilmill Cemetery.
St MonansSt Monans (/ˈmoʊnənz/ (About this soundlisten), locally /ˈsɪmənənz/ (About this soundlisten)),[1] sometimes spelt St Monance, is a village and parish…
St. Monans Parish Church, Fife
PittenweemPittenweem (/ˌpɪtənˈwiːm/) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of…
Pittenweem Parish Church and TolboothPittenweem Parish Church and Tolbooth
AnstrutherAnstruther /ˈænstrəðər/ (Locally Ainster /ˈɛnstər/ Scottish Gaelic: Ànsruthair) is a small coastal resort town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the…
Kirk, Anstruther WesterKirk, Anstruther Wester This fine old Kirk is now rather dilapidated and shored up in places. I suppose it's not in bad shape for something that has…
CrailCrail Scottish Gaelic: (Cathair Aile) is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk…
Crail Parish Church in early SeptemberCrail Parish Church in early September. This is a photo of listed building number 23244.
St AndrewsSt Andrews (Latin: S. Andrea(s); Scots: Saunt Aundraes; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, 10 miles (16…
St Andrews
LeucharsLeuchars (pronounced /ˈluːxərs/ (About this soundlisten) or /ˈluːkərz/; Scottish Gaelic: Luachar "rushes") is a small town and parish near the…
St. Athernase Church, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland