Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries, Scotland
Sweetheart Abbey Gd An Abaid Ur 8 miles south of Dumfries near to the Nith in south west Scotland was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway daughter of Alan Lord of Galloway in memory of her husband John de Balliol His embalmed heart in a casket of ivory and silver was buried alongside her when she died The monks at the Abbey then renamed the Abbey in tribute to her Their son also John became king of Scotland but his reign was tragic and short The depredations suffered by the Abbey in subsequent periods have caused both the graves to be lost The abbey built in deep red local sandstone was founded as a daughter house to Dundrennan Abbey this Novum Monasterium New Monastery became known as the New Abbey The immediate abbey precincts extended to thirty acres and sections of the surrounding wall can still be seen today The Cistercian order also known as the White Monks because of the white habit over which they wore a black scapula or apron built many great abbeys after their establishment around 1100 Like many of their abbeys the New Abbey s interests lay not only in prayer and contemplation but in the farming and commercial activity of the area making it the centre of local life The abbey ruins dominate the skyline today and one can only imagine how it and the monks would have dominated early medieval life as farmers agriculturalists horse and cattle breeders Surrounded by rich and fertile grazing and arable land they became increasingly expert and systematic in their farming and breeding methods Like all Cistercian abbeys they made their mark not only on the religious life of the district but on the ways of local farmers and influenced agriculture in the surrounding areas Digitally restored Art Photochrom or Photochrome is used to create a color print from a black and white photo negative using between four and fourteen lithograph stones made from rocklike substances to colorize the pri
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