Tour Scotland 4K early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a wee walk in the graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The St Andrews Cathedral Graveyard with historic stone coffins is one of Scotland's most historically significant burial grounds, serving as a resting place for centuries of bishops, regional icons, Covenanters, and foundational legends of golf history. During the medieval period, the most prestigious burials took place inside the cathedral walls rather than out in the yard. Leading bishops, archbishops, and elites, such as Roger de Beaumont and William de Lamberton, were laid to rest near the high altar or within the vestry. Robert the Bruce, the legendary Scottish king was personally present on the grounds when the completed cathedral was finally dedicated and consecrated in 1318. The site changed forever during the Scottish Reformation in 1559. Prompted by a fiery sermon from Protestant reformer John Knox at a nearby church, an angry mob sacked the cathedral, stripping its rich interior. The building was abandoned, outlawed from Catholic mass, and left to the elements. As the cathedral crumbled into a majestic ruin, the surrounding precinct increasingly became the primary municipal and parish graveyard for the town of St Andrews. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30
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