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Size: micro
Status: Available
Time required: 0:05 h
Hidden on: 02 January 2018
Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC1435F
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3 Watchers
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56 Page visits
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Description
Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Kentigern's or St Mungo's Cathedral, is today a gathering of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow.
The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt. Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy gives an account of the kirk.
Built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow, the building is a superb example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches (and the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland) to have survived the Reformation not unroofed.
James IV ratified the treaty of Perpetual Peace with England at the high altar on 10 December 1502. The cathedral and the nearby castle played a part in the battles of Glasgow in 1544 and 1560. Twenty years after the Reformation, on 22 April 1581 James VI granted the income from a number of lands to Glasgow town for the kirk's upkeep. He traced the ownership of these lands to money left by Archbishop Gavin Dunbar as a legacy for repairing the cathedral. The town council agreed on 27 February 1583 to take responsibility for repairing the kirk, while recording they had no obligation to do so. The church survives because of this resolution. Inside, the rood screen is also a very rare survivor in Scottish churches.
Technically, the building is no longer a cathedral, since it has not been the seat of a bishop since 1690. However, like many other pre-Reformation cathedrals in Scotland, it is still a place of active Christian worship, hosting a Church of Scotland congregation. The current minister (since 15 February 2007) is the Rev Laurence A. B. Whitley, PhD,(Retired 2017) who was previously minister at Montrose Old and St Andrew's Parish Church. The previous minister was the Very Rev William Morris, who was minister from 1967 until retiring in November 2005. The building itself is in the ownership of the Crown, is maintained by Historic Scotland, and is a popular destination for tourists.
This is the second cache that we placed on our New Year's Trip across Scotland. Cathedral exterior is very nice, especially in the evening. To find the cache you will need to check information board for St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.
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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
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Log entries for Glasgow Cathedral
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27 September 2024, 11:42
Scheffcs
found the geocache
Together with piependunst I found the cache. Thanks for this.
25 July 2024, 16:54
Surrogard
found the geocache
Found on a quick visit with the family. Thanks say Surrogard, Hanni &Nanni und Cachezwerg
18 July 2024, 17:53
Team Schröder Bär
found the geocache
Diesen hier und heute gut finden und das Logbuch signieren können
TFTC Team Schröder Bär
01 February 2024, 11:52
FraSoSi
found the geocache
There's not much caching left to do in Glasgow. We've found them all over the years. I tend to forget about opencaching, despite having it on c:geo. It's not really popular here in Scotland. Today I thought, why not....
The sign has been replaced with a new one but the cache is still there.
TFTC
19 September 2023
Mailin135
found the geocache
Schnell gesucht und gefunden.
TFTC
09 August 2022, 22:53
MTB-iker
found the geocache
9. August 2022
176
Vor dem Besuch der Hauptattraktion der Stadt kurz die infotafel inspiriert.
Danke fürs Hegen und Pflegen der Dose
Glasgow Cathedral
🌟🌟🌟 MTB-iker 🌟🌟🌟
have a break, have a cache
Mein Beitrag zum Umweltschutz:
Alle Buchstaben wurden aus schon verwendeten Logs entnommen.
Somit fallen für diesen Log keine CO2-Emissionen an. 😉
Die Reduktion der CO2-Emissionen gilt als eines der wirksamsten Mittel, den Klimawandel zu stoppen oder wenigsten abzuschwächen.
Danke für den Cache! - Thanks for the Cache! - Merci pour la cache! - Gracias por el caché! - Obrigado pela caixa! - Bedankt voor de Cache! - Tak for cachen! - Kiitos Kätköstä! - Tack för gömman! - Dzięki za kesza! - Díky za keš! - Köszi a rejtést! - Hvala za zakladek! - Trugarez évit ar kuzh - Diolch am y celc - Gràcies pel catxé - شكرا على المخبأ
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10 July 2022, 20:46
Feluko
found the geocache
In the evening, after coming back from a day trip to "Scotland's First", I did a few more caches in Glasgow as well, before going back to the hostel. All of them were found easily 👍
Thank you to all owners for placing and maintaining the caches and greetings from Frankfurt/Germany 🇩🇪
Feluko
07 July 2022, 14:23
don rauti
found the geocache
7. Juli 2022
Our 2022 alba-tour!
Thanks for this cache!
wir haben heute deinen cache erfolgreich gesucht.
vielen dank fürs verstecken und pflegen der döschen! wir hatten spaß!
DfdC ! TftC ! thanx to the owner !!!
gc fund 118 & opencaching.de 113 since juli 2012.
Logged with c:geo on S20 FE.
Log geoKretys without register at geoKrety.org
02 May 2022, 13:17
BiggiBodensee
found the geocache
so nicely placed 
TFTC but really last entry in the logbook was July 2019
17 July 2019, 12:00
Bierfilz
found the geocache
Before the visit of the cathedral still the cache searched. Thanks to notice found very quickly.
Thanks for the Cache!!!
Bierfilz from Nuremberg, Germany
25 March 2019, 03:03
ryukyupyx
found the geocache
Easy find with the good hint.
Hvala za zakladek! / Thank you for the cache!
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I arrived for a quick tour of UK before Brexit (and after, but then it was postponed ...), landing at Luton airport late at night, then visiting London, Glasgow, Isle of Man, Wales and a few places in England before returning to London and flying out from Stansted.
22 March 2019, 12:40
TofLaBeuze
found the geocache
It is always nice to find an opencache ! Interesting cathedral, thanks !
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Cathedral
05 October 2018, 16:29
Dideldumm
found the geocache
In my trip through the city. 5. Oktober 2018 15:30 Dideldumm
08 July 2018, 15:18
grokarl
found the geocache
Hallo vanjakom danke für den schönen Cache.
Hi vanjakom thanks for the beautiful cache.