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Sweetheart Abbey

In or near Dumfries.

Sweetheart Abbey — category A listed building in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

Sweetheart Abbey

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Sweetheart Abbey is a abbey in lowlands. Established 1201. (Category A listed building in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.) Wikipedia notes: "The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Dumfries.". Coordinates 54.9794°, -3.6185°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
54.9794, -3.6185
Established
1201

Sources

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