Coldingham Benedictine priory, Berwickshire, looking WNW: column base (L) of S transept of C13th priory church with arch to S aisle of the nave.

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Remains of Coldingham Benedictine priory looking WNW: column base of S transept of C13th priory church with arch between transept & S aisle of its nave. Priory church largely destroyed by Cromwell 1648 but present church uses its surviving, rebuilt & restored choir & sanctuary. The original Coldingham, founded in C7th by St Ebba on Kirk Hill, St Abbs Head, was destroyed by Danes in C9th when St Ebba the Younger & her community were martyred. Priory re-founded here in 1098 & rebuilt 1220. There was a shrine to St Aebbe (Ebba) in the church in Medieval times.

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Size: 3633px × 4961px
Location: Coldingham Priory, St Abbs, Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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