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![[Dryburgh Abbey]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/gazetteer-of-the-faith/dryburgh-abbey.jpg "jpg photograph of the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey; taken by joeandkaty on 5 July 2005; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Founded
- 10 November 1150 by Hugo de Morville, Constable of Scotland
About
Premonstratensian abbey in Melrose, Scotland. Burned by English troops under King Edward II in 1322. Re-built under King Robert the Bruce, it was burned again by troops under King Richard II in 1385. Destroyed again in 1544, it was dis-established during the Scottish Reformation. Sir Walter Scott and Field Marshall Douglas Haig are buried on its grounds.
MLA Citation
- “Dryburgh Abbey”. Gazetteer of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 February 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/dryburgh-abbey/>