Arbroath Abbey

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Arbroath Abbey is a historic Scottish monastery famous as the site where the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath, asserting Scotland’s independence, was drafted.

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Label Occurrences
Arbroath Abbey canonical 11

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
ruined abbey ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Scottish independence ⓘ
Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ
buildingMaterial red sandstone ⓘ
burialPlaceOf King William I of Scotland ⓘ
city Arbroath ⓘ
completedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
constructionBegan 1178 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
documentDraftedAt Declaration of Arbroath ⓘ
documentLanguage Latin ⓘ
founded 1178 ⓘ
foundedBy King William I of Scotland ⓘ
founder William the Lion ⓘ
function monastery ⓘ
royal mausoleum ⓘ
governedBy Church of Scotland (post-Reformation use of site) ⓘ
hasPart abbey church ⓘ
abbot’s house (remains) ⓘ
chapter house ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
twin towers (ruined) ⓘ
west front ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
Scheduled monument ⓘ
interpretiveFocus Declaration of Arbroath ⓘ
locatedIn Angus ⓘ
Arbroath ⓘ
east coast of Scotland ⓘ
managedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
near North Sea coast ⓘ
notableEvent Declaration of Arbroath ⓘ
notableEventDate 1320 ⓘ
notableFor medieval monastic architecture ⓘ
role in Scottish national identity ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalDenomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ownership Crown ⓘ
region Angus, Scotland ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictine Order ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
status ruin ⓘ
suppressedDuring Scottish Reformation ⓘ
suppressionCentury 16th century ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forfarshire → containsHistoricSite → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
Arbroath → hasLandmark → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
Arbroath → hasReligiousSite → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
William I of Scotland → burialPlace → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
William I of Scotland → founded → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
Declaration of Arbroath → placeOfIssue → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
Arbroath Harbour → near → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
Tironensian Order → hadAbbey → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
Arbroath Beach → hasNearbyAttraction → Arbroath Abbey ⓘ