Dundrennan abbey

facts

• The abbey was founded in 1142 by Fergus, Lord of Galloway

• The monks of Dundrennan Abbey were vegetarian.

• Mary Queen of Scots, Is believed to have spent her last ever night

  in Scotland here

• The Monks held 8 daily services starting at 1.30am, ending at 7.30pm.

• Alan of Galloway, Lord of Galloway, Lord High Constable of Scotland, and father of Lady Devorguilla is laid to rest here.

features

• The Tomb of Alan of Galloway

• Knights’ Templar graves?

• Lady Blanche memorial

• Abbot’s gravestone

• Chapterhouse courtyard

figures

• Fergus of Galloway

• Lady Blanche

• Alan of Galloway

• Mary Queen of Scots
  

folklore

• Assassins / Murder : the gruesome effigy of a murdered Abbot with a dagger plunged into his heart, his feet resting on his disembowelled assassin; are believed to be portrayed on one of the tombstones on display

• The Knights Templar: graves are believed to exist in Dundrennan. The brethren of white robed monks who inhabited the Abbey were Cistercian Monks, their mother house being the founders of the Knights Templar.