location: | Dundrennan, near Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Scotland |
founded: | 1142 |
daughter of: | Rievaulx (filiation of Clairvaux) |
current status: | ruins in the care of Historic Scotland |
visit: | all year round |
pictures taken : | July 2009 |
Founded by King David I, little is known of the early years of Dundrennan (the name means Thorny Hill). The effigy of an unknown abbot of Dundrennan is the only evidence of a tale of murder and intrigue - the abbot has a dagger plunged into his heart, and the partly disembowelled body of his assassin lies at his feet. Probably the abbey's best known claim to fame is the fact that Mary Queen of Scots spent her last night on Scottish soil here, on 15 May 1568. | |
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| remains of the nave and south transept |
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| the chapter house, from the next-door inner parlour ... |
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| ... and from the cloister |
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| the nave, looking west |
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| the unknown abbot, with his assassin at his feet! |
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