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Glenluce Abbey

Glenluce Abbey — monastery in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

Glenluce Abbey

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Glenluce Abbey is a abbey in lowlands. Established 1101. (Monastery in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.) Wikipedia notes: "Glenluce Abbey, near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland. Following the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the abbey fell into disuse.". Coordinates 54.8892°, -4.8314°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
54.8892, -4.8314
Established
1101

Sources

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