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Melrose Abbey

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Written by Helmut Watterott

The amazing and spectacular Melrose Abbey. A beautiful medieval abbey ruin, the place where the heart of Robert the Bruce is buried and a lovely village. All in one setting.

Melrose Abbey is a magnificent ruin on a grand scale, with lavishly … the early Christian monastery at nearby Old Melrose founded by St Aidan in about 640.