Museum Represents a museum Prim Media 3664 Address The Pends, St Andrews KY16 9QL, UK Heritage Type Cultural Heritage Site Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St Andrews Cathedral Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived toursites Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3782 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.3392578,-2.7887032; Description An account of the resource The ruined Roman Catholic cathedral was built 1158 and was the main seat of the Catholic Church in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The cathedral fell into disuse after the Scottish Reformation in the sixteenth century, which outlawed Catholic mass. The building was stormed by Protestants, destroying the interior, and the ruins were used for building material for the town. The ruins of the cathedral suggest that the building was once 119 metres tall, making it the largest church to have been built in Scotland. The tour consists of ten 360º views of the cathedral which can be clicked between in thumbnails on the bottom of the page or in icons spread around the images. Accessibility note: All areas of the cathedral, visitor centre, shop, and museum are accessed over grass or gravel paths. A ramp is available for entry to the museum.