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During the late Middle Ages there were gateways across all the main roads into St Andrews. These marked the entries to the city and formed a public reminder of the transition from the countryside to the urban area of St Andrews (which, like other…

The Scotichronicon is a chronicle written by Walter Bower, abbot of Inchcolm, in the 1440s. It traces the history of Scotland from its origins, and is a major source for the study of medieval Scotland. All sixteen books were edited from the surviving…

The building consists of a drying house, threshing room and chamber.
The school was set in the chamber (1704-1747), where children of peasants learnt reading, writing, numeracy, and religion. School lasted from the end of November till the…

The farmstead reflects the life style of an average wealthy peasant of Vidzeme in the period from the later half of the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century.
The buildings were grouped around the irregularly shaped courtyard with a…

The homestead consists of a fisherman’s houses transferred from the eastern coastline of the Gulf of Rīga. It reflects an average wealthy fisherman’s life style typical for the second half of the 19th century.
The main income was earned by fishing,…

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