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Britain - Photo and History Pages Paradoxplace BRITISH ABBEYS AND CATHEDRALS
Dryburg Abbey
One of Scottish King David's (c 1083 - 1124 - 1153 (70)) Border Abbeys Founded around 1138 for the Premonstratensian Order by Hugh de Moreville
Links to the Border Abbeys of Melrose and Jedburg
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Oddly, the monastic buildings are in better nick than the church, which has disappeared except for the two transept ends. This is the end of the South transept (and yes, half a set of night stairs are still there). The day stairs are on the right, and the entry to the very undistinguished barrel vaulted chapter house is through the more fancy doorway. The rescued large stone roof boss below gives some idea of how substantive even this apparently modest abbey was. |
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And this is the north transept - containing the tombs of Sir Walter Scott (right) and Field Marshal Earl Haig (left). |
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