Dundrennan Abbey
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Dundrennan Abbey is most famous as
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the place where Mary Queen of Scots
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spent her last night on Scottish soil.
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This remarkable abbey started life in
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1142 when King David I brought Cistercian
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monks from Rievaulx in Yorkshire. Its
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architecture is of special interest,
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being built at the transition between
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Romanesque and Gothic. The abbey was
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mother to two more, both in Galloway.
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Sweetheart Abbey built at New Abbey
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close to Dumfries, and Glenluce which
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is near Stranraer. These White Monks
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led a life of poverty, chastity and
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obedience, despite which their Order
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established hundreds of abbeys etc
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from Russia to Ireland. They were
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not allowed to build a new house if
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the bells of another could be heard
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at the proposed site. 13 monks were
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required to set up these new houses.
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They preferred to build in remote
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or isolated spots. The splendour
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of their abbeys was to glorify God,
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the only extravagance they permitted.
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For 400 years the monks laboured here,
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affected by the wars against England.
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By the early 16th century the community
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Album Description:
Dundrennan Abbey is about 6 miles SE of Kirkcudbright on the A711. Dalbeattie is about 8 miles to the NE. One of the 3 abbeys in Galloway. The others are Sweetheart and Glenluce. Please see their separate albums.
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Uploaded by: ElizabethMcD
In Webshots channel: travel - Album created: Apr 24, 2009
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Another very interesting album Elizabeth. Hugs, Shirley
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