View ENE of Crossraguel Abbey, South Ayrshire, a Cluniac house originally founded in the early C13th by Duncan, Earl of Carrick. Dovecote on R.

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View ENE of Crossraguel Abbey, a Cluniac house originally founded in the early C13th by Duncan, Earl of Carrick. Dovecote (R), gatehouse (centre), tower-house (rear) & gabled wall dividing nave & chancel of the church (L) were added in the time of the last regular abbot William Kennedy 1520-47.

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Size: 3633px × 2540px
Location: Crossraguel Abbey, Maybole, Kyle and Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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