View from South.
F 3926/26
Description View from South.
Date 1955 to 1956
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number F 3926/26
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 370921
Scope and Content South-west façade and fore-tower of St Andrews Castle, Fife St Andrews Castle, the seat of the bishop of St Andrews, was destroyed during the Wars of Independence and rebuilt in its present form by Bishop Traill (1385-1401). It was besieged in 1546-7 after Protestants assassinated Cardinal Beaton. The south west façade (left) was rebuilt after the siege by Archbishop Hamilton on earlier foundations. To the right is Bishop Traill's fore-tower which contained the original entrance. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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