A picture of Melrose Abbey, in the town of Melrose, in the county of Borders

St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation.

st marys abbey melrose scottish borders ruins cistercian roxburghshire old ancient Borders

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