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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088272863/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088272863_070e3cb80f_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088330749/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088330749_aee0ebf349_m.jpg" width="162" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088330709/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088330709_7ffd85cc87_m.jpg" width="146" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088435490/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088435490_d1b01beb9f_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088435515/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088435515_73473b8971_m.jpg" width="240" height="157" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088065606/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088065606_c0d48a8b5f_m.jpg" width="153" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088066041/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088066041_7ec4a9a8cb_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088065796/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088065796_6f87b2c704_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55087179022/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55087179022_f4f9cd362d_m.jpg" width="156" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088330824/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088330824_a92ccb7b4a_m.jpg" width="151" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088065591/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088065591_1e9f9d3a93_m.jpg" width="134" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088272818/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088272818_ec35086410_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088272913/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088272913_966f78d3d4_m.jpg" width="152" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55087179442/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55087179442_ff05c77a28_m.jpg" width="240" height="153" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088065626/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088065626_bb8600a322_m.jpg" width="153" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55088330764/" title="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55088330764_813b20a788_m.jpg" width="156" height="240" alt="Jedburgh Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Jedburgh Abbey is a ruined Augustinian abbey in the Scottish Borders which was founded in the 12th century. The nave and the choir were built in the 13th century and it is a fine example of Norman Romanesque architecture. As well as the lands in southern Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey owned large estates in Northumberland. <br /> <br /> Alexander III of Scotland was married there in 1285 but in 1296 the Abbot of Jedburgh swore fealty to Edward I of England at Berwick-on-Tweed. After William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling in 1297, the abbey was pillaged by the English as retribution. Robert the Bruce patronised the abbey in the early 1300s but after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the English once again attacked the abbey. In 1370, David II of Scotland supported the completion of the north transept but Jedburgh and its abbey faced more destruction by English invaders in 1410, 1416 and 1464, 1523 and 1544 The end for the great Abbey of St. Mary came in 1560 as the Scottish Reformation took hold and the abbey church was relegated to use as the local parish church and it slowly fell into disrepair, as was so often the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55087078334/" title="Melrose Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55087078334_4bb0639f9f_m.jpg" width="240" height="157" alt="Melrose Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>Explore #326<br /> <br /> There was a monastic community at Melrose from the 7th century with St Cuthbert being made bishop there in 662 AD (although this priory was at Old Melrose, two miles east of the later abbey). Melrose Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in Scotland, founded in 1136 by monks from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire at the request of King David I. In 1322 Melrose town was attacked by the army of Edward II, and much of the abbey was destroyed. It was rebuilt by order of King Robert the Bruce. In 1385, the abbey was burned by the army of Richard II, rebuilt again and then sacked again during Border wars in 1544, after which it was largely abandoned.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55085923217/" title="Melrose Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55085923217_6226645b92_m.jpg" width="240" height="156" alt="Melrose Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>There was a monastic community at Melrose from the 7th century with St Cuthbert being made bishop there in 662 AD (although this priory was at Old Melrose, two miles east of the later abbey). Melrose Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in Scotland, founded in 1136 by monks from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire at the request of King David I. In 1322 Melrose town was attacked by the army of Edward II, and much of the abbey was destroyed. It was rebuilt by order of King Robert the Bruce. In 1385, the abbey was burned by the army of Richard II, rebuilt again and then sacked again during Border wars in 1544, after which it was largely abandoned.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55086813951/" title="River Tweed, Dryburgh 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55086813951_7183372347_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="River Tweed, Dryburgh 5/05" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/niallcorbet/">Niall Corbet</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallcorbet/55087018993/" title="Melrose Abbey 5/05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55087018993_8862b4f247_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Melrose Abbey 5/05" /></a></p> <p>There was a monastic community at Melrose from the 7th century with St Cuthbert being made bishop there in 662 AD (although this priory was at Old Melrose, two miles east of the later abbey). Melrose Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in Scotland, founded in 1136 by monks from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire at the request of King David I. In 1322 Melrose town was attacked by the army of Edward II, and much of the abbey was destroyed. It was rebuilt by order of King Robert the Bruce. In 1385, the abbey was burned by the army of Richard II, rebuilt again and then sacked again during Border wars in 1544, after which it was largely abandoned.</p>

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