Trip to Scotland

Rosslyn Chapel

Weather you're a Dan Brown's DaVinci Code fan, an architecture buff, a historian, a Mason, a follower of the Knights Templar, a religious person, or just have nothing else to do, Rosslyn Chapel is a must see if you find yourself in Scotland. You will simply be awe struck by the building.

When we were there they were starting work on the roof so they had scaffolding up all around the structure. Normally this would have been a bad thing but they actually let us go up on the scaffolding where we could see all the detail around the roof of the building.

History
The foundation stone for Rosslyn was laid 21 Sept 1466. Funding for the project was provided by William St. Clair. He was the last Prince of Orkney. The carvings include symbolism from Bible stories, Knights Templar and Freemasonry lore, Paganism and even plants from the New World carved before Columbus was even here!

The chapel runs due east and west, it was meant to be part of a larger church believed to be based on the specifications of the Temple of Solomon.

Here again is a place that the four of us just snapped and snapped pictures. I for one could have spent another couple of hours at Rosslyn exploring all the carvings. A place so full of history deserves more than a quick tour.

Above: approaching the main entrance of the Chapel Right: Some of the outside sculptures.
Above two pictures and this one are roof details from the scaffolding.
Back door of the chapel.	Main entrance of the chapel

Next page - the interior of Rosslyn Chapel.