The Height Of Roodness!

Day: 196

Towns / Cities Visited: 128

Countries Visited: 23

Steps Taken Today: 13,026

Steps Taken Around the World: 3,232,167

We had not been able to visit Rosslyn Chapel two days previous, but given its close proximity to Edinburgh, in the small town of Roslin, we had decided to get up a little earlier and make the trip out before continuing with the rest of the day’s activities. A short, twenty minute drive later, and we were pulling up into the car park and heading into the visitor centre. Grabbing our tickets we stepped out the doors and were suddenly faced with the church we had come all of this way to see.

Now, most people know of this place because of its mention in Dan Brown’s famous book ‘The Da Vinci Code’, and its subsequent use as a filming location in the adapted movie starring Tom Hanks. This aside though, Rosslyn Chapel has a unique and fascinating history from long before it was written into a fictional novel. This small but striking gothic church was built in the mid 15th century by order of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, as a place of private prayer for his family. He’d had grand plans of this being a large cathedral, however, after his death, his son only had the small section that was standing completed before building ceased. Thus it was left as…