• Location: c/o St. Machar's Cathedral, The Chanonry, Aberdeen AB24 1RQ, United Kingdom. Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 5 PM.
  • Parts of the building date to the 1100s, but worship in one form or another has in fact taken place here since 580 AD. St Machar’s Cathedral from Seaton Park.
  • St Machar's Cathedral, sometimes called Old Machar, is a Church of Scotland church. ... Saint Machar is said to have founded the church in the year 580.
  • Nothing remains of the Saints original church. ... Wallace’s left quarter ended up in Aberdeen where it was entombed in the walls of St Machar’s Cathedral.
  • The River Don bends in this way just below where the Cathedral now stands. According to legend, St Machar founded a site of worship in Old Aberdeen in about 580.
  • St Machar's Cathedral. Churches, Cathedrals & Abbeys. Aberdeen. ... His left arm ended up in Aberdeen and is said to be buried in the walls of the cathedral.
  • The Scottish Reformation hit St Machar's hard; it lost its status as a cathedral, the chancel was torn down, and lead stripped from the roof.
  • He is on the outside. 9th August 2019, St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, now Church of Scotland, formerly Celtic, Roman Catholic, Episcopal.
  • St Machar's Cathedral is located in Old Aberdeen, to the north of Aberdeen's city centre.
  • St Machar's Cathedral There has been a church here since circa 580 AD when, legend has it, Machar, a companion of St Columba of Iona, founded a church here!