Abbeys & priories · Scottish Highlands
Balmerino Abbey
Balmerino Abbey in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Balmerino Abbey is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Balmerino Abbey, or St Edward's Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery which has been ruinous since the 16th century.
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Background
History
The Abbey was founded from 1227 to 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland. At the time the settlement here was known as Balmerinach, or St Merinac's Place: named after one of the monks who accompanied St Regulus (or St Rule) when he is said to have brought the bones of St Andrew to Scotland in 347. On this basis, Balmerino Abbey may have been founded on a site first chosen for a chapel nearly nine centuries earlier by St Merinac. By 1233 the church was sufficiently complete for Ermengarde to be buried in it. It remained a daughter house of Melrose. It had approximately 20 monks at the beginning of the sixteenth…
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- Coordinates
- 56.4098, -3.0415
- District
- Fife
- Postcode
- DD6 8BQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North East Fife
- Established
- 1229
Sources
- wikidata: Q1774976 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Balmerino Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Balmerino Abbey?
- Balmerino Abbey is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode DD6 8BQ).
- When was Balmerino Abbey built?
- Built or established in 1229.
- How do I get to Balmerino Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DD6 8BQ. It sits within the North East Fife parliamentary constituency.