The Pends St Andrews
Gregory Lane
Cathedral of St Andrews
The Pends St Andrews
The Cathedral was built in 1158 and was the religious centre of the Medieval Catholic Church in Scotland. The seat of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and the Bishops and Archbishops of St Andrews.
It was left disused and fell into ruin after Catholic mass was outlawed in 1560.
The ruins indicate it was approximately 119 m long, the largest church to have been built in Scotland.
The Scottish Reformation in Scotland came to a head with iconoclasm.
(The deliberate destruction of religious icons or monuments) all over Scotland.
St Andrews was the target of the army of the Lords of the Congregation as they destroyed alters and religious icons, and whitewashed the walls of the churches.
The Pends Gate House St Andrews
The Pends St Andrews
"The Pends" was entry to the Priory
The Pends Gateway and Gatehouse were to protect
the priory and cathedral.
It has been standing since at least the 1300's and the wall has been standing from the 1500s.
"The Pends" was entry to the Priory
St Andrews Cathedral Museum
The Pends St Andrews
St Andrews museum is found in what was the original Cathedral's Priory. This is where the Augustinian Canons lived. From here you proceed into the reception area and shop
St Andrews Cathedral Museum
Royal Sarcophagus
The Pends St Andrews
The prize of the museum, the Royal Burial Shine from circa 761 AD. One of the finest stone carvings in Europe. See all the stone carvings headstones and other artifices.
Rules' Tower
The Pends St Andrews
Circa 1070 in the time of Malcolm III a church (St Rule’s Tower St Andrews)
was built to protect the bones of St Andrew, Rule had carried from Greece.
Rule a holy man from the area of Patras in Greece in the 4th century AD.
Rule deciding to stop the Romans from seizing the bones of Saint Andrew and took as many bones as he could and travelled as far from Greece as possible ending in Scotland.
He had a companion Triduana became a Saint, her story is, she
​ was born in the same place as Rule and was believed to have journeyed with Rule in the 4th century AD.
Triduana settled in Scotland and due to her great beauty attracted the attentions of many men.
One in particular was
Nechtan King of the Picts.
Triduana to stop the King’s attention is said to have torn out her own eyes and gave them to the King.
As Triduana aged she settled in an area outside an area known as Eidyn later known as Edinburgh.
Many people made pilgrimages to see her as she was believed to have the power to make the blind see.
On her death in Restalrig a shrine was built in her honour and was intact until the reformation in the 1500. ​
Cathedral of St Andrews
Tom Morris Jnr. Grave
The Pends St Andrews
Young Tom (Tommy) Morris was born in St Andrews Fife Scotland
on the 20 April 1851 – Died 25 December 1875 (Age 24)
He is the youngest winner of the Open Championship (age 17).
He also thought of a golf bag to carry clubs and balls, getting the idea when playing an Archer in an exhibition match.
Tommy won the Open Championship
4 times as his father did.
1868 Scotland Tom Morris Jr. Prestwick Golf Club
1869 Scotland Tom Morris Jr. Prestwick Golf Club
1870 Scotland Tom Morris Jr. Prestwick Golf Club
1872 Scotland Tom Morris Jr. Prestwick Golf Club
Cathedral Graveyard
Tom Morris Snr. Grave
The Pends St Andrews
Old Tom Morris was born in North Street St Andrews Fife in Scotland on 16th June 1821.
Father of Tom Morris Jnr.
both winners of the Open Championship on 4 occasions.
Old Tom was a club maker, golf professional and greenkeeper. In 1864 he became the Keeper of the Greens and professional of Old Course St Andrews.
Tom Morris Snr died in St Andrews
when he fell down the stairs at
The New Club across from the 18th Green
on May 24th, 1908 at the age of 86.
His grave is on the eastern wall of the churchyard of St Andrew's Cathedral beside his son.
Allan Robertson Professional Golfer
born 11th Sept 1815 Died 1st Sept 1859.
Buried in St Andrews Cathedral cemetery.
Known as The first Professional Golfer.
Designed the Old Course and double greens.
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Sir George Douglas of Loch Leven
Deans Court
Gregory Lane St Andrews
Sir George Douglas lived in what was known as "Archdeacons Inns" as it was the residence of the Archdeacon of St Andrews
Sir George was younger brother of William Douglas who owned Loch Leven Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned between June 1567 and May1568.
See more of the escape of Mary Queen of Scots with the help of the Douglas family from Loch Leven, on the plaque.
George spent 6 years in France before returning to Scotland in 1574.
​St Andrews
Fife Pilgrims Trail
Gregory Lane St Andrews
For over 500 years until the Reformation, pilgrims arrived to worship at the shrine of
St Andrew where his relics (bones) were kept,
eventually to be housed within the Cathedral.
The Fife Pilgrims Trail starts
in Ceres and ends outside the Cathedral
at Dean’s Court Gregory Lane St Andrews.
The circuit takes you round over twenty places of
cultural, religious and historical interest.
Thanks to the members of
St Andrews Preservation Trust
in their help planning the circuit.
James Haldenstone Plaque
Gregory Lane St Andrews
James Haldenstone was the
Prior of St Andrews from 1417.
He became Vicar - General after the death of
Bishop Wardlaw of St Andrews in 1440.
He died in 1443.
He was interned in the north wall of
the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral.
See the plaque for more details
near The Roundel​
The Roundel
South Street + Gregory Lane
A 16th-century Tower building dedicated for doctoral students studying divinity at the
University of St Andrews. The college is one of five approved centres for the training of
Church of Scotland ministers.
The Roundel stands on the corner of South Street overlooking St Andrews Cathedral.