The area now occupied by the visitor centre for St Andrews Castle has seen a lot of different uses. During the late 1980s archaeologists found evidence of a fourteenth-century tannery on this site. Tanners converted animal skins into leather by soaking them in a variety of liquids (often including urine). The process was notoriously foul smelling and as a result tanners' workplaces were usually located towards the edge of towns. The tannery by St Andrews Castle seems to have been demolished around 1400 and replaced with ordinary housing. These homes were then swept away in the early sixteenth century when the area to the west of the castle was cleared and converted into the Castle Yard. The function of the new yard is uncertain, but it may have held stables and other outbuildings for the Castle. 现在是圣安德鲁斯城堡游客中心的区域曾经有过许多不同用途。在1980年代末,考古学家发现这里曾经是个制革厂。制革厂商通过将兽皮浸在不同液体中的方式(通常包括尿液)把兽皮转化为皮革。转化过程会产生恶臭, 因此制革厂通常位于城镇的边缘。大约在1400年，圣安德鲁斯城堡的制革厂城堡被拆除,取而代之的是普通住房。在十六世纪早期，这些普通住房被拆除了。城堡西面的区域被清理成了城堡的庭院。新的城堡庭院的用处并不清楚, 或许是马厩和其他城堡的附属建筑。 Audio 1 - Roger Mason on the trial and execution of George Wishart at the St Andrews Castle Audio 2 - Roger Mason on the role of John Knox in the protestant movements Audio 3 - Michael Brown on John Knox's account of the bombardment of the St Andrews Castle in 1547 Audio 4 - Roger Mason on the role of John Knox in the protestant movements 音频 1 - 罗杰·梅森讲乔治述魏沙特在圣安德鲁斯城堡的审判和行刑 音频 2 -罗杰·梅森在约翰诺克斯在新教运动中的作用 音频 3 - 迈克尔·布朗讲述约翰诺克斯描述圣安德鲁斯城堡于1547年遭受的炮击 音频 4 - 罗杰·梅森在约翰诺克斯在新教运动中的作用