Glenluce Abbey
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| Monastery Information | |
| Order | Cistercian |
| Mother House | Dundrennan Abbey |
| Established | 1192 |
| Disestablished by | 1602 |
| Diocese | Diocese of Galloway |
| Controlled churches | Glenluce |
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| Founder | Lochlann, Lord of Galloway |
Glenluce Abbey, near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery founded around 1190 by Lochlann, Lord of Galloway. Following the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the abbey fell into disuse.
[edit] External links
- Glenluce Abbey - site information from Historic Scotland
- Glenluce Abbey on www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk
- Abbey Ruins
- Ruined Abbey Church
- Abbey Portal
[edit] See also
- Abbot of Glenluce, for a list of abbots and commendators
MELROSE FILIATION (from Rievaulx)
Balmerino Abbey (1227) | Coupar Angus Abbey (1164) | Culross Abbey (1217) * | Deer Abbey (1219) * | Holmcultram Abbey (1150) ** | Kinloss Abbey (1150) | Melrose Abbey (1136) | Newbattle Abbey (1140)
DUNDRENNAN FILIATION (from Rievaulx)
Dundrennan Abbey (1142) | Glenluce Abbey (1192) | Sweetheart Abbey (1273)
MELLIFONT FILIATION *** (from Cîteaux)
Saddell Abbey (1207) | [ ? Soulseat Abbey (1148) ] ****
* Founded by Kinloss Abbey.
** In England, but at the time of foundation (1150), part of the territory of David I, King of Scots.
*** Meaning from Mellifont Abbey in Ireland, founded in 1142.
**** If it existed, it was shortly afterwards replaced by a Premonstratensian establishment.
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