View from W showing S front of The Roundle and N gate of The Pends with church tower in background

Description View from W showing S front of The Roundle and N gate of The Pends with church tower in background

Date 1979

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 794332

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content South Street, St Andrews, Fife, from west This view from the west, taken in 1979, shows the east end of South Street, with the 11th-century tower of St Rule's Tower in the distance. On the right are The Pends, the 14th-century north-west gateway to the cathedral precinct. On the left is No 1 South Street, 'The Roundel' of 16th- and 17th-century date. In the 19th century St Andrews also became noted for its golf links, and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club became the arbiter on the rules of the game. The place became a popular holiday resort, and today the town relies on golf, tourism and its university for its prosperity. St Andrews is one of the most historic towns in Scotland, and was the site of a Pictish monastery established in the 8th century. By the 10th century it had become the seat of a bishop, and a noted place of pilgrimage. The place became a royal burgh in about 1170, and gained its university in 1412. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference CTH174

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