ABSTRACT
Elgin Cathedral, the product of three principal phases of construction, was the most ambitious building erected in north-eastern Scotland in the course of the Middle Ages, and at a number of stages of its history it was evidently a conduit for the introduction of recent architectural fashions into the area. In its turn, it appears to have provided architectural inspiration for several other buildings, including parts of the cathedrals of Dornoch and Fortrose, the Valliscaulian priory churches of Beauly and Pluscarden and the collegiate church of Tain. Apart from its architecture, one of its tombs was to be emulated for almost a century, being particularly favoured by members of the Ogilvy family.
