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at the western extremity still subsist, and rise to an elevation of about 100 feet the other three have long been destroyed, a small part of the pillars on which the central turret was erected now alone remaining. But a small portion of the exterior wall of this once magnificent fabric is now in existence. The area within continued to be covered with a mass of rubbish until within these few years when the Honourable the Barons of his majesties Exchequer directed it to be removed and certain repairs be executed to promote the preservation of the ruins. The plan of the interior may now be traced with considerable accuracy. Several flat tombstones with devices and inscriptions have been exposed and what apparently must have been a well about 40 feet deep though now without water. Nothing however of any material value was disclosed by the operation. Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of St Andrews drawn up in 1837
"For some account of the origin progress and destruction of this once splendid edifice see vol. [volume] I [1] pp [pages] 76. 336 Enough however of its foundation pillars and walls remain to enable us to determine its dimensions with great precision. It consisted of a nave two hundred feet long and sixty two wide including the two lateral aisles a transept with an eastern aisle one hundred and sixty feet long a choir with two lateral aisles ninety feet long and at the eastern extremity a Lady Chapel thirty three feet in length. The extreme length of the whole structure measured inside the walls is three hundred and fifty-eight feet. All that remains of the edifice is the east gable part of the west front the wall on the south side of the nave and that of the west side [continues]
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Continuation of Description for Cathedral
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
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parish of St Andrews and St Leonards.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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