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16 Sep

The nave

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,…

16 Sep

The east end, spiritual center

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…

16 Sep

The architecture here is both Romanesque and Gothic

The higher, later levels/floors show Gothic arches (pointed rather than rounded) & more technical engineering skill – from inside, then out.

16 Sep

Jedburgh Abbey

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…

16 Sep

Holy Trinity, Melrose

Poster found at Burt’s Hotel, Melrose.

16 Sep

Garden outside the Abbey 

16 Sep

Carvings at 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…

16 Sep

More Melrose

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…

16 Sep

Melrose Abbey 

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…

15 Sep

Leaving Dryburgh 

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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