Dryburgh Abbey

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Dryburgh Abbey is a ruined medieval monastery in the Scottish Borders, noted as the picturesque burial place of figures such as Field Marshal Douglas Haig and Sir Walter Scott.

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Dryburgh Abbey canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval monastery
ruined abbey
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
burialPlaceOf Anne Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
Field Marshal Douglas Haig
linked to: Douglas Haig

Sir Walter Scott
members of the Scott family
category Christian monastery in Scotland
ruined abbey in the Scottish Borders
constructionStart 12th century
country Scotland
dedicatedTo Saint Mary
destroyedBy English army
dissolvedIn 16th century
foundedBy Hugh de Morville
foundedIn 1150
function monastery
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasFeature chapter house
cloister
nave
tower ruins
transept
hasNearbyStructure Dryburgh Abbey Hotel
heritageDesignation Category A listed building
Scheduled monument
inception 12th century
locatedIn Dryburgh
Scottish Borders
locatedOn River Tweed
managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
near Melrose Abbey
St Boswells
notableFor picturesque ruins
romantic landscape setting
openToPublic true
ownedBy Earl of Buchan (historically)
linked to: Earl of Buchan
partOf Four Abbeys of the Scottish Borders
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Premonstratensians
significantEvent burned in 1322
burned in 1385
status ruin
tourismType cultural tourism

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Douglas Haig burialPlace Dryburgh Abbey
Sir Walter Scott burialPlace Dryburgh Abbey
Scottish Borders containsHistoricSite Dryburgh Abbey
Borders contains Dryburgh Abbey
Scottish Borders containsLandmark Dryburgh Abbey
subject linked to: Scottish Borders council area
Tweed Valley hasAttraction Dryburgh Abbey
Roxburghshire hasNotableMonasticSite Dryburgh Abbey