Apprentice Pillar Tops Rosslyn Chapel Poll

0:00It's April 24th. This is Edinburgh News Today, driven by AI. A recent survey at Rosson Chapel crowned the apprentice pillar as the top favorite among visitors. Out of 4,414 people pulled over the past year, 53 percent picked this intricate carving as their standout. Feature in the whole chapel. Other hits included the Green Man, a pagan figure, the Angel Playing Bagpipes, Carvings of the seven deadly sins, and the Mason's pillar. These stood out amid hundreds of detailed stoneworks that cover nearly every surface inside and out. The legend behind the apprentice pillar adds real drama. They say the master Mason left his young apprentice to handle it while he traveled for ideas. When he came back and saw the stunning result, jealousy hit hard. He struck the kid dead, then got executed himself. Now, a carved face of the master gazes down at the pillar from above. Featured in 1446 in Mid-Lothian, Scotland, the chapel burst into global fame thanks to

1:01Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code novel and the two, 2006 movie. It draws crowds year round with 159,000 visitors from April 2025 through March 2026. This poll from the Rosson Chapel Trust highlights why the place keeps pulling people in. Those timeless stories carved in stone keep the magic alive. For new generations.