Dundrennan Abbey, Kirkcudbright: effigy of a murdered abbot (dagger in chest, killer at feet) & a monument dated 1480 commemorating a cellarer.

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Effigy of a murdered abbot & a monument dated 1480 commemorating a cellarer at Dundrennan Abbey. There is a dagger in the chest of the abbot, his assassin lies mortally wounded at his feet. The abbot holds a crozier, by his head is a rose, symbol of the Cistercians. Photo taken May 1991 when monuments were in a recess in the W wall of the nave. They have since been moved back to the chapter house where they were found. Cistercian abbey founded c 1142 as a daughter-house to Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire.

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Size: 2090px × 2942px
Location: Dundrennan Abbey, Kirkcudbright, Stewartry, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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