Items in Melrose

Dryburgh Abbey

The Tomb of Sir Walter ScottThe abbey is said to have been founded in 1150 by the White Friars. Edward II burned it in 1322, and Robert the Bruce partly restored it. Sir Walter Scott is buried in th [...]

Keywords: colour, tombs, arches, abbeys, trees, ruins

Places shown: Dryburgh; Melrose; Berwickshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-01-20

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Melrose Abbey: Choir and North Transept

“Melrose—“the light of the land, the abode of saints, the grave of monarchs” – is a glorious fragment, more beautiful, perhaps in detail than in general effect, in ornament than in design; and memorab [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, windows, arches, trees, colour

Places shown: Melrose; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-01-20

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Dryburgh Abbey

“Nestled in seclusion beside a loop on the banks of the Tweed stands the graceful ruins of Dryburgh Abbey.” says Historic Scotland. Although the title of the book is “England Beautiful” the author was [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Dryburgh; Melrose; Berwickshire; Scotland

Added: 2005-03-15

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1057.—South east View of Melrose Abbey

“Some of the general features of the great abbeys of the Cistercian order, that we have noticed in England, we find repeated in the Scottish houses Melrose and New Abbey. The former, the mother Cister [...]

Keywords: abbeys, curches, ruins, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Melrose; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-06

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1058.—Melrose Abbey

“Francis Drake, writing in 1742, also observes “Mailross, I shall take it upon me to say, has been the most exquisite structure of the kind in either kingdom.” Lastly comes the poet, also pointing out [...]

Keywords: churches, abbeys, ruins, spooky

Places shown: Melrose; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-27

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