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Scottish Borders Abbeys

Places to go in Berwick, Scottish Borders

The Alnwick Garden

Description: This garden is now one of the star attractions of Northumberland. In its first year it attracted over 300,000 visitors. The centrepiece is the Grand Cascade, but the Rose Garden and t...
Type: Abbeys

Places to go in Melrose, Scottish Borders

Dryburgh Abbey

Description: These picturesque and remarkably complete ruins of the Abbey founded in the 12th century and destroyed in 1322, 1385 and finally in 1544, belonged to the monks of the Premonstratensian ...
Type: Abbeys

Places to go in Jedburgh, Scottish Borders

Jedburgh Abbey

Description: One of the four great Border Abbeys, founded by David I. The visitor centre contains the priceless Jedburgh Comb and other artefacts found during the excavation of the Abbey site. Ow...
Type: Abbeys

Places to go in Kelso, Scottish Borders

Kelso Abbey

Description: Ruins of the west end of the great abbey church built in 1128 by the Tironesian monks from France. Only fragmentary remains after its repeated destruction by the English, but still an ...
Type: Abbeys

Places to go in Melrose, Scottish Borders

Melrose Abbey

Description: One of the four great Border Abbeys built during the 12th century. Home of the Cistercian Order in the reign of David I. Originally very plain, when it was rebuilt in the 15th century,...
Type: Abbeys

Scottish Borders Abbeys