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Key Image Elgin Cathedral
King St
IV30 1HU Elgin
United Kingdom
Denomination: (in ruins)
Geogr. Coordinates: 57.65055° N, 3.30614° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1224
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Basilica
Description: Ruin of a three-aisled, gothic basilica with transept, tower over the crossing (disappeared), two west towers and an attached chapter house
Name derivation: After the town Elgin
Building material
  • Red sandstone
Noteworthy
  • Chapter house vault (13th cent.)
History:
1224:   Built as bishop’s see
Late 13th cent.:   Enlargement (longer nave, wide aisles with chapels in their east ends, chapter house)
1390:   Reconstruction after a fire, caused by an enemy attack
1506:   Reconstruction of the central tower after collapse
1560:   Abandoned after introduction of the Reformation, pillage and gradual delapidation
Dimensions:
Length [m]:  85
Sources
Historic Scotland (Hg.): Kirchenführer „Elgin Cathedral“
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