The first photo taken from ground floor, the others from above, with winding staircase as last photo, and previous photo of building stone in ceiling of staircase with Latin inscription,…
this is where the canons worshipped, with lay people in nave – church laid out in cruciform shape, with side transepts and a long nave. Town of Melrose can be…
The higher, later levels/floors show Gothic arches (pointed rather than rounded) & more technical engineering skill – from inside, then out.
the last one to visit. There are four abbeys clumped in small area of the Boarders – Melrose, Dryburgh, Jedburgh and Kelso. Didn’t get to Kelso, too busy trying to…
Poster found at Burt’s Hotel, Melrose.
The first is St. Peter with his key and books on the west wall of the north transept – the chapels in the north transept were dedicated to Peter and…
Melrose was founded (endowed also by David I) in 1136 by the Cistercian order of monks, and the last monk died in 1590. The Abbey was dedicated to the Virgin…
Unlike other Abbey sites, this one is in the middle of a thriving town. The original church, c. 1100s, was destroyed by Richard II’s English army in 1385. The nave…
On the way back to Melrose we see a standing stone in a tilled field, and beautiful rolling countryside. The whole borders area is full of scenes like this.
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