Medieval History
Pioneering low altitude, hi-resolution vertical aerial photography has just been used to record what is believed to be the earliest upstanding architectural fabric of a Scottish municipal building.
Uncovered as part of a Fife Council project to regenerate Market Street in St Andrews, the fragmentary remains reveal the site and layout of Scotland?s first tollbooth.
Built some time around 1140 as the headquarters of the town?s council, the tollbooth or praetorium was the office from which the provost and baillies organised the running of the newly-created burgh.
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Medieval History
Twelfth-century tollbooth building discovered in Scotland
Pioneering low altitude, hi-resolution vertical aerial photography has just been used to record what is believed to be the earliest upstanding architectural fabric of a Scottish municipal building.
Uncovered as part of a Fife Council project to regenerate Market Street in St Andrews, the fragmentary remains reveal the site and layout of Scotland?s first tollbooth.
Built some time around 1140 as the headquarters of the town?s council, the tollbooth or praetorium was the office from which the provost and baillies organised the running of the newly-created burgh.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
- St Andrews Cathedral In Scotland Recreated Online
People can now explore St Andrews Cathedral, Scotland?s largest medieval church, as it looked in the Middle Ages, through a new online portal created by the University of St Andrews. Visitors will be able to create their own avatars and navigate...
- Medieval Walk Organisers Hope To Rival Spanish Pilgrimage Tradition
A medieval pilgrimage route to major historic religious site is to be resurrected ? and organisers hope it will grow to rival a similar event in Spain. The Way of St Andrews will allow travellers to a route taken by 11th and 12th century Christian devotees...
- 'franciscan Monk' Remains Unearthed In Scotland
Human remains have been unearthed in one of Scotland's most ancient towns during road repairs. Experts say the skeletons found at St Andrews could be those of a group of Franciscan monks who lived there in the 15th century. Resurfacing work at the...
- Medieval Graves Discovered At St Giles? Church In Pontefract, England
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a medieval burial ground at St Giles? Church in Pontefract. Ten medieval graves were unexpectedly discovered during ongoing building works at the site. Archaeologists from West Yorkshire Archaeological Services...
- New Book Examines Vikings In The Outer Hebrides
A new book on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides has revealed some interesting about the Viking presence in Scotland. From Machair to Mountains shows how experts uncovered a series of virtual ?time capsules? on South Uist in the form of ancient...