monasteries – The Hazel Tree

Melrose Abbey

January 9, 2017 /

Scotland's first Cistercian monastery, Melrose still has an air of faded opulence

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Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

November 18, 2015 /

The second in my two-part series about the abbey and royal palace of Dunfermline

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Cambuskenneth Abbey

May 20, 2015 /

Sitting in a loop of the River Forth within sight of Stirling Castle, this quiet place has witnessed some key moments in Scotland's history

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