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Elgin Lossie Tree WTN2001JHP Elgin Cathedral River Lossie Spring Daffodils Morayshire Scotland Old Tree was founded in 1224 although a substantial ruin now cared for by Historic Scotland remains one of the most beautiful medieval buildings in Scotland aand viewed here from the spring flora on the banks of the River Lossie. The transepts with their buttressed west towers and parts of the tall choir and nave date from the fire of 1270 but subsequent destruction especially by the Wolf of Badenoch in 1390 and later further destruction and neglect after the Reformation means we will never see this building in its true majesty. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, North East, Moray, Elgin, Cathedral, Morayshire, Grampian, Highland, Highlands, River, Lossie, riverbank, landscape, spring, springtime, daffodils, flowers, old, tree, close, foreground, spire, chapel, Medieval, Reformation, arches, Gothic, windows, ornamental, nave, clerestory, vaulted, ceiling, chapter, aisle, transept, lancet, windows, Historic Scotland, heritage, history
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Morayshire
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Elgin Lossie Tree WTN2001JHP
Upload Date: 2006-08-03 10:00:05
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Elgin Cathedral River Lossie Spring Daffodils Morayshire Scotland Old Tree

was founded in 1224 although a substantial ruin now cared for by Historic Scotland remains one of the most beautiful medieval buildings in Scotland aand viewed here from the spring flora on the banks of the River Lossie. The transepts with their buttressed west towers and parts of the tall choir and nave date from the fire of 1270 but subsequent destruction especially by the Wolf of Badenoch in 1390 and later further destruction and neglect after the Reformation means we will never see this building in its true majesty.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, North East, Moray, Elgin, Cathedral, Morayshire, Grampian, Highland, Highlands, River, Lossie, riverbank, landscape, spring, springtime, daffodils, flowers, old, tree, close, foreground, spire, chapel, Medieval, Reformation, arches, Gothic, windows, ornamental, nave, clerestory, vaulted, ceiling, chapter, aisle, transept, lancet, windows, Historic Scotland, heritage, history