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Parish of St Andrews Sheet 2 Trace 2
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St Regulus' Chapel (Ruins of)
St Regulus' Chapel (Ruins of)
St Regulus's Church
St Regulus's Church
[Authority]
Rev Mr Lyon St Andrews
David Scott Keeper at St Andrews
Lyon's Hist. [History] of St Andrews
Plan 1828 by J. Sime
[Description]
A small rectangular building adjoining the east side of St Regulus Tower which is said to have been the Cathedral Church belonging to the Culdees, of the date of its erection nothing is comparatively known. It is traditionally stated to have been built at, or immediately after the introduction of Christianity into St Andrews by St Regulus and his companions which was about the 4th or 5th Century
"The chapel and Tower of St Regulus are understood to be the most ancient relics of ecclesiastical architecture that exist at St Andrews. The date of their erection cannot be correctly ascertained but most ancient of our Scottish historians speak of them as existing in their times and indeed as having already existed for several centuries at the period when they wrote. Some contend that they were erected as early as the close of the fourth century of the Christian era by the Pictish King in whose territory they were situated, at the suggestion of St Regulus by whom he had been converted to the belief of Christianity, and their appearance seems fully to warrant the conclusion that they must have been erected prior to the introduction of the Saxon or Gothic architecture. The tower whose sides form a square of about 20 feet each and which is 108 in elevation appears to have formed the centre of the erection. Its appendages were two wings one to the east and the other to the west the corresponding sides of the tower having large doors or openings by which the three divisions might according to choice form but one apartment. But even in this extended state the dimensions of the church or chapel must have been [--]
[Signed] John Early CA [Civilian Assistant]
Transcriber's notes
Entries on this page relate to St Regulus Chapel (Ruins of). Main entry is on Page 22.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 102 - Parish of St Andrews and St Leonards, OS1/13/102
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