. The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland. cdonald of Clauranald—Vault of the Coimtessof Roxburelie. IIE Early From the sanctitv attached to tliesi edifices they were for ages thechief, if not the oulv, ri^j)()>itories of knowledge, as well as dej)ositories ofthe ancitut records of the kingdom, placed there for security during theincessant ware which for centuries devastated and distracted the 106 VISION OF DAVID I.—ORIGIN OF THE ABBEY. [Holyrood. The once magnificent abbey of Holyrood, or Sancta Crux, wassituated on the same spot which the royal
. The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland. cdonald of Clauranald—Vault of the Coimtessof Roxburelie. IIE Early From the sanctitv attached to tliesi edifices they were for ages thechief, if not the oulv, ri^j)()>itories of knowledge, as well as dej)ositories ofthe ancitut records of the kingdom, placed there for security during theincessant ware which for centuries devastated and distracted the 106 VISION OF DAVID I.—ORIGIN OF THE ABBEY. [Holyrood. The once magnificent abbey of Holyrood, or Sancta Crux, wassituated on the same spot which the royal palace of Holyrood and itsadjoining courts and gardens now occupy, at the eastern extremity of astreet called the Canongate, having the hills of Arthur Seat andSalisbury Crags on the south, the Calton Hill on the north, and theancient city of Edinburgh, towering majestically towards its castle, onthe west; the ground eastward being almost a plain, with a gentleinclination towards the firth of Forth. Like most monastic foundations, that of Holyrood originated insuperstition. King David I., who for his pious extravagance was called,by his descendant James I. of England, a sair saint for the crown,was the founder of this once opulent abbey. At a loss, no doubt, tojustify the unremitting alienation of so much treasure in favour of thechurch, he had recourse to supernatural agency for assistance—apowerful minister in those times of
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