Elgin Cathedral

While driving from Inverness to the Speyside region, we stopped in the town of Elgin to visit the Elgin Cathedral ruins. The cathedral was originally built in 1224 but was destroyed in 1390 by the "wolf of Badenoch", who was the black sheep of the royal Stuart family. The town rebuilt the cathedral and it remained in use until the central tower collapsed in 1711. After the tower collapse, much of the stonework was pillaged until the government took over the cathedral in 1825.