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Dryburgh Abbey

In or near Melrose.

Dryburgh Abbey — category A listed building in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.

Dryburgh Abbey

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Dryburgh Abbey is a abbey in central. Established 1101. (Former monastery in Scottish Borders.) Wikipedia notes: "Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland. The arrival of the canons along with their first abbot, Roger, took place on 13 December 1152.". Coordinates 55.5755°, -2.6491°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
55.5755, -2.6491
Established
1101

Sources

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