Dryburgh Abbey. St Catherines Window.

Category

Library Item

Item no

24415

Title

Dryburgh Abbey. St Catherines Window.

Description

A circular window with a rose style pattern is part of ruined wall which is covered in foliage; the wall goes up to point indicating where the roof of the Abbey used to be. The wall is situated in leafy, tree lined grounds.

Artist / maker

Valentine, James

Date

1865

Size

18.7 x 23.5cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The well preserved St Catherine's window is part of Dryburgh Abbey, situated near the River Tweed and St Boswells in Roxburghshire. The abbey was established in 1150 by white-clad Premonstratensian canons. They were invited to this idyllic spot from Alnwick Priory, Northumberland, by Hugh de Moreville. Both Sir Walter Scott and Field Marshall Earl Haig are buried in its grounds

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Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Landscape > Land > Woods and forests

Places > Scotland > Borders

Places > Scotland > Roxburghshire

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Religion > Religious communities > Monasteries

Religion > Religious facilities > Abbeys

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