Dunfermline Abbey and Palace, St. Andrew's Castle and Cathedral
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| Dunfermline Abbey |
E: In the Dunfermline Abbey we saw where Scottish King Robert the Bruce is buried except for
his heart which is in an abbey somewhere else. When they renovated the cathedral
and abbey they recognized the body as Robert the Bruce because the body was wrapped in a gold cloth and the rib cage was pulled
apart to get out his heart. They moved the body and reburied it, and now it has a fancy cover.
E: The monastery and palace were in ruins. We climbed around
them. Lots of Scottish royals were born there and visted there.
S: The abby at St. Andrew's started out as a small church but got bigger over time. It’s a ruin now. Originally there were 5 towers but only 4 survived. The oldest tower is the simplest but most intact. We got to sit in some ruins where monks sat hundreds of years ago.
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| St. Andrew's cathedral, headquarters for the Scottish medieval church |
A: St. Andrew’s castle is on the coast. It has a tunnel that was used by attackers to get into the castle. There were counter-tunnels where the defenders tried to find the attackers’ tunnel drive them away. We got to go into the tunnels, and they were interesting. The castle had a dungeon shaped like a bottle. You had to drop prisoners into a chamber through the neck of the bottle.
E: We ate at a pub in St. Andrew’s that was on the famous
golf course. It had the nicest bathrooms of any pub we have been to.
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| Another landmark in St. Andrew's |
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