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ID: 1100064
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1100064
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sweetheart Abbey (ruins)  Sweetheart Abbey (ruins)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 59 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 003 38 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.6333  decimal degrees

Note: Name refers to founder, buried here with her husband's heart which she retained for 16 years; original red sand-stone main arches, & much of transept & choir remain; decorations include heart motifs & a boat depicting ladies ferrying stone across river.

Names:
Sweetheart Abbey (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Dumfries and Galloway (unitary authority)  ................  Dumfries and Galloway (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Sweetheart Abbey (ruins)  ....................  Sweetheart Abbey (ruins) (P)

Place Types:
ruins (preferred, C)  ............  abbey was founded by Devorguilla Balliol in 1273
abbey (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Sweetheart Abbey..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-170
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-170
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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