Melrose Abbey
Melrose Abbey - Melrose Abbey
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Abbey St
Abbey St
Melrose
Scotland
TD6 9LG
0131 668 8600
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Melrose Abbey description
Hotel / Conference Centre
Medium (1-150)
Discover a place so beloved by Robert the Bruce, he chose it as the final resting place for his heart. Melrose Abbey is a magnificent ruin on a grand scale, and it was a highly desirable place to be buried.
David I founded Scotland’s first Cistercian monastery in 1136. Being so close to the border, Melrose Abbey suffered at English hands during the Middle Ages. Rebuilt in the 1380s, it was used as an abbey until the Protestant Reformation of 1560. Afterwards, the existing monks were allowed to stay on: the last died in 1590.
What to see and do
Admire the graceful architecture of the abbey church, among Britain’s finest church architecture of the late 1300s
Take in the charming sculpture – look out for the famous bagpipe-playing Melrose pig
Step inside the chapter house, where a heart believed to be that of Robert the Bruce is buried
Visit the Commendator’s House Museum to see a rich collection of medieval objects found in the abbey cloister
David I founded Scotland’s first Cistercian monastery in 1136. Being so close to the border, Melrose Abbey suffered at English hands during the Middle Ages. Rebuilt in the 1380s, it was used as an abbey until the Protestant Reformation of 1560. Afterwards, the existing monks were allowed to stay on: the last died in 1590.
What to see and do
Admire the graceful architecture of the abbey church, among Britain’s finest church architecture of the late 1300s
Take in the charming sculpture – look out for the famous bagpipe-playing Melrose pig
Step inside the chapter house, where a heart believed to be that of Robert the Bruce is buried
Visit the Commendator’s House Museum to see a rich collection of medieval objects found in the abbey cloister
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