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ID: 1100051
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1100051
Record Type:
administrative
Melrose Abbey (ruins)
Coordinates:
Lat: 55 37 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 55.6167
decimal degrees
Long: 002 45 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.7500
decimal degrees
Note:
Country's first Cistercian monastery; noted for simple & severe style combined with intricate flower & plant motifs; burned & rebuilt several times; only N wall of sacristy is original; spolia was taken for building materials.
Names:
Melrose Abbey
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Melrose Abbey
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Place Types:
ruins (
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constructed in medieval times
abbey (
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founded in 1136 by David I & used until 1810
Sources and Contributors:
Melrose Abbey..........
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Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
91-92
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New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989)
IX, 635
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
109
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Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
91-92
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New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989)
IX, 635
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
109
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