Aerial view
SC 370913
Description Aerial view
Catalogue Number SC 370913
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 7927
Scope and Content Aerial view 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. These peaceful streets would have been very different in 1547 when the French force, having mounted guns on spires and rooftops, and used 'engines' to bring cannon up to the wall without casualty, shelled the castle into surrender. In 1546, Cardinal Beaton burned Wishart, the protestant preacher, outside St Andrews Castle. He was then killed by protestant activists who seized the castle and, with their supporters including John Knox, held it until overcome by French forces in 1547. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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