Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries, Scotland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland Scotland Dumfries

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An ideal post for Valentine's Day? Sweetheart Abbey south of Dumfries, whose founding by Lady Devorgilla in 1273 in memory of her husband, John Balliol, is held to be a testament to the enduring power of love. In a rather gruesome twist, she even carried his embalmed heart around with her in an ivory box. More: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newabbey/sweetheartabbey/index.html

#Scotland #SweetheartAbbey #Abbey #ValentinesDay #DumfriesAndGalloway #LadyDevorgilla #JohnBalliol #Love #UndiscoveredScotland

An ideal post for Valentine's Day? Sweetheart Abbey south of Dumfries, whose founding by Lady Devorgilla in 1273 in memory of her husband, John Balliol, is held to be a testament to the enduring power of love. In a rather gruesome twist she even carried his embalmed heart around with her in an ivory box. More: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newabbey/sweetheartabbey/index.html

#Scotland #SweetheartAbbey #Abbey #ValentinesDay #DumfriesAndGalloway #LadyDevorgilla #JohnBalliol #Love #UndiscoveredScotland