Dryburgh Abbey

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Dryburgh Abbey.
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Dryburgh Abbey.
Earl Haig's grave at right alongside his wife's & below a cross typical of those above WW1 graves in France
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Earl Haig's grave at right alongside his wife's & below a cross typical of those above WW1 graves in France

Dryburgh Abbey, on the banks of the River Tweed, Scotland, was founded in 1152 by Premonstratensian monks, on a site perhaps made sacred by Saint Modan around the year 600. It was founded by monks from Alnwick on land owned by Hugh de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale.

It was burned by English troops in 1322, after which it was restored and patronised by Robert I of Scotland. It was again burned in 1385, but it flourished in the fifteenth century. It was finally destroyed in 1544, briefly to survive until the Reformation, when it was given to the Earl of Mar by James VI of Scotland.

The 12th Earl of Buchan bought the land in 1786. Sir Walter Scott and Douglas Haig are buried in its grounds.

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