Tour Scotland Winter Video Church St Monans East Neuk of Fife

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of the old church and cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Monans, East Neuk of Fife. This church was built between 1362 and 1370 as a chapel which was endowed by King David II. It is situated in a clifftop graveyard overlooking the sea, and has the distinction of being the closest church to the sea in Scotland. St. Monans is a T plan church with north and south transepts, a two stage crossing tower with spire and a four bay choir. The church and tower are built from coursed sandstone. It is roofed in Cumberland slate which was added in the late nineteenth century. Saint Monan is a legendary saint about whom very little is known. He may have lived in the 6th to 7th centuries. The only description of his life comes from the Brevarium Aberdonense, which was published in Edinburgh in 1510. This account claims that St. Monan was a companion of Saint Adrian, who was with him on the Isle of May when he suffered martyrdom, and then went on to Inverey in Fife and set up a chapel. This chapel was rebuilt by King David II of Scotland between 1329 and 1371, after he recovered from battle wounds thanks to the intercession of the saint. This place is the modern day St Monans in Fife, Scotland. The only other corroboration for the saint comes from the monks of Ireland who recorded a Saint Moenenn for the same feast day as Monan. This Moenenn was a bishop in Ireland. St Monans is a popular tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Walking Path which passes through St Monans, it is a Scottish long distance walking footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh. It runs for 117 miles along the coastline of Fife and passes through many seaside towns and villages including Anstruther, Cellardyke, Crail, Elie, Lower Largo, Pittenweem, St Andrews and St Monans


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