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The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gaelic: An Abaid Ur), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Dumfries.
Sweetheart Abbey, Galloway Dervorguilla of Galloway (c. 1210 – 28 January 1290) was a "lady of substance" in 13th century Scotland , the wife from 1223 of John de Balliol and mother of John I , a future king of Scotland.
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Abbot's Tower is a 16th-century tower house situated near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that was built by the Abbot of Sweetheart Abbey. The building was restored in the early 1990s and is now used as a private residence. [1] This structure should not be confused with the Abbot's Tower of Alnwick Castle.
Sweetheart Abbey: New Abbey: Dumfries and Galloway: Founded 1273: Abbey A Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway. [129] Dunstaffnage Chapel: Oban: Argyll and Bute: pre 1275: Chapel Adjacent to Dunstaffnage Castle. [111] [112] Balmerino Abbey: Balmerino: Fife: Completed c. 1286: Abbey Founded in 1231, badly damaged in ...
The Abbot of Sweetheart (later Commendator of Sweetheart; also Abbot of New Abbey) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Sweetheart Abbey, in the ancient province of Galloway in the present area of Dumfries and Galloway, founded by monks from Dundrennan Abbey with the patronage of Derbhfhorghaill inghean Ailein (a.k.a. "Dervorguilla Balliol"), Lady of Galloway, about 1275.
List of monastic houses in Scotland is a catalogue of the abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses of Scotland. In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks).
There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,800) are Category A. [4] The council area of Dumfries and Galloway covers 6,426 square kilometres (2,481 sq mi), and has a population of around 148,600. There are 224 Category A listed buildings in the area.