Holyrood Abbey

Category

Library Item

Item no

6166

Title

Holyrood Abbey

Artist / maker

Geikie, Walter

Date

1830

Size

20.3 x 37.1 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Height measurement taken between points of greatest depth. Note top left which has section cut out.
Holyrood Abbey stands next to Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. The Abbey was founded by David I in 1128, several hundred years before Holyrood Palace. The Abbey was badly damaged during the Reformation. It was finally abandoned in 1768 after the roof collapsed.

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