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The 9 best burial mounds & barrows in Scottish Lowlands

Our curated top 9 burial mounds & barrows in Scottish Lowlands, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 38 burial mounds & barrows see the full burial mounds & barrows index for Scottish Lowlands.

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    Newminster Abbey

    Newminster Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    Newminster Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Northumberland in the north of England. The site is protected by Grade II listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument status. Ranulph de Merlay, lord of M

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    Tongland Abbey

    Tongland Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    Tungland or Tongland Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Tongland in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was probably founded cir

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    Hartlepool Abbey

    Hartlepool Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    Hartlepool Abbey — abbey in Headland, Hartlepool, England, UK.

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    Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey

    Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey — Benedictine monastery.

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    Crossraguel Abbey

    Crossraguel Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former Cluniac abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Although it is a ruin, visitors can still see the monks’ church, cloister

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    Holmcultram Abbey

    Holmcultram Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    Holmcultram Abbey (alternatively Holm Cultram Abbey or Holme Cultram Abbey) was a Cistercian monastery in what is now the village of Abbeytown in Cumbria, England. Founded in 1150, the abbey was suppr

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    Alnwick Abbey

    Alnwick Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire. It was dissolved in 1535, refounde

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    Blanchland Abbey

    Blanchland Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    Blanchland Abbey at Blanchland, in the English county of Northumberland, was founded as a premonstratensian priory in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II, and was a daughter house of Croxton Abbey in Leiceste

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    Sweetheart Abbey

    Sweetheart Abbey, abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands

    The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gaelic: An Abaid Ur), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudb

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