Dundrennan Abbey | abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom | Britannica (original) (raw)

abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Kirkcudbright

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  In Kirkcudbright
  Dundrennan Abbey, 4.5 miles (7 km) southeast, was the greatest achievement of Fergus, lord of Galloway, a celebrated church builder of the 12th century. It was a Cistercian house colonized from Rievaulx Abbey and was built in 1142. There now remain only the transept and…
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