St John’s Tower, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK in Citadel Place is all that remains of Ayr’s medieval parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist. The church appears to have been founded in the late twelfth century, and it was enlarged during the following centuries. In 1315 King Robert the Bruce convened a parliament or assembly in the church to decide the succession to the Scottish throne.

---

Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Photo credit: © Alister Firth / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 12th, aid, architecture, area, assembly, ayr, ayrs, ayrshire, baptist, bruce, building, bute, castle, century, church, citadel, council, cromwell, dedicatin, demilterarised, earl, eglington, fort, garrison, gothic, historic, historical, history, iv, james, john, johns, marquess, mary, medieval, mller, navigational, oldest, oliver, parish, parliament, part, patron, queen, remains, robert, ruin, saint, scotland, scotlands, scots, scottish, south, st, style, throne, tower, travel, worship