Precinct Wall St Andrews, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Precinct Wall has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 386537 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 40589
- Canmore ID
- 94500
- Category
- A
- Name
- Precinct Wall
- Parish
- St Andrews
- County
- Fife
- Easting
- 351437
- Northing
- 716581
- Date Listed
- 23 February 1971
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Perhaps 14th century or older, heightened early 16th century. Rubble built with 3 gates and 13 towers (16 in 1683) enclosing originally approximately 30 acres; 3 towers oblong, remainder round with canopied niches. Tower No. 13 rebuilt in new position, road realignment 1971.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Guardianship Monument.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Inv 460 (il & plan). Ecc Arch v II p25 (il & plan). PSAS v.XLIX p211-223. Kirk, St Andrews (il). Old St Andrews p.19 (il). St Andrews: Character and Tradition (il). Plans NMR. https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/st-andrews-cathedral
