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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRK HEUGH | Kirk Heugh | Mr Henderson Abbey Street Mr Wilson Pilot Shore James Anderson South Street St Andrews |
012 | [Situation] In the East side of the City of St Andrews and lying between the Abbey Walls and high Water mark - This name applies to the space north of the wall surrounding the Cathedral and the precipice overhanging the sea: at the east end of Kirk Heugh once stood a church dedicated to St Mary. It is said that the Culdees had a chapel here on the site of which St Mary's was built, but of which no vestige now remains |
| Site of ST MARY'S CHURCH | St Mary's Church (Site of) St Mary's Church (Site of) St Mary's Church (Site of) Kirk heugh Kirkheugh or St Mary's church |
Plan of St Andrews Principal Haldane Rev [Reverend] Dr Buist St Andrews Lyon's Hist. [History] of St Andrews Fullarton's Gazetteer |
012 | [Situation] About 5 chains East of the ruins of the Tower and Church of St Regulus - At the east end of Kirkheugh is the site of a place of Worship which was dedicated to St Mary. A small part of a wall still standing is said to be a portion of the south end of the Church. Some years ago a considerable quantity of human bones & skulls were dug up in the vicinity of this Church when levelling the ground. "The Kirkheuch or Kirkhill was a Collegiate Church having attached to it a provost and ten prebendaries. It appears to have belonged originally to the Culdees who at an early period were held in so high estimation that Constantine lll, after resigning his crown became abbot of the order. Its first site appears to have been a rock a little beyond the entrance to the present harbour but the encroachments of the sea having rendered it necessary to abandon this position it was removed to the elevated ground west from the harbour where a small fragment of its ruins may still be traced. Fordun states that it was erected by [continues] |
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