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Fortrose Cathedral, Cathedral Square. View of West elevation.
RC 1098
Description Fortrose Cathedral, Cathedral Square. View of West elevation.
Date c. 1930
Collection Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number RC 1098
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 398312, SC 2683053
Scope and Content 1930s photograph of west gable., Cathedral Church, Fortrose Cathedral, Fortrose, Highland Fortrose Cathedral was built in 1236 as a replacement for a smaller structure at Rosemarkie. After the Reformation, the south aisle survived as a burial-aisle and the chapter house as a council house and school. The west gable's window is off-centre. The corbelling above it may be the result of repairs in 1615 when it was the burial place of the Mackenzies of Seaforth. The tower (left) contains a staircase. Its belfry may be a 17th-century addition. Burials inside churches were banned in 1581. Wealthy families got around this by converting disused religious structures into mausolea, by adding burial-aisles to churches, and, in the 17th century, by creating separate burial-enclosures. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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