Tag: Fife

  • November 5, 2019
    The coast road north from Edinburgh to Saint Andrews and Tayside is for part of its route a series of…
  • November 3, 2019
    In Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy, Andrew Fairservice, the loquacious gardener, refers to the kingdom of Fife as ‘just like…
  • July 24, 2019
      Words in stone network round the crown of the abbey tower read ‘King Robert the Bruce’. Here, before the…
  • November 10, 2017
    The importance of St Andrews in medieval Scottish history can be gauged from the rise and fall of its cathedral,…
  • December 12, 2016
    Situated at the eastern end of North Street is the ruined western end of St Andrews Cathedral, once the largest…
  • December 7, 2016
    The country’s historical roots are deeply embedded in the sandy soils of Central Scotland. Significant ruins and castles that chronicle…
  • January 28, 2016
    Anyone who’s belted a little white ball around a fairway will probably have heard of St Andrews. Apart from its…
  • October 15, 2014
    Not far from the cathedral and with dramatic coastline views, St Andrews Castle is mainly in ruins, but the site…