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Old Photograph Tunnel Under The Castle St Andrews Fife Scotland
Old photograph of the tunnel under the castle in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The castle was modified by Archbishop James Beaton in the early 16th century with the addition of large gun towers, and the installation of heavy carriage-mounted guns. In 1546, a Protestant preacher, George Wishart, was burnt at the stake in front of the castle walls. In reprisals, Cardinal David Beaton was murdered at the hands of local Protestant lairds who captured the castle. This was followed by a siege where the attackers tried to get in to the castle by digging a tunnel under the castle. The defenders dug a "countermine" to intercept the tunnel and hold off the attackers. Visitors today can go down the countermine and into the tunnel. The siege ended in 1547 when a French fleet which reduced the castle to ruins. The castle was rebuilt, but after The Reformation of the Scottish Church in 1560 the castle declined and over time started to fall into disrepair.
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