A Son of the Rock

Dundrennan Abbey was the place where Mary, Queen of Scots spent her last night in Scotland before fleeing over the Solway Firth to England, imprisonment and eventual execution. She didn’t sleep in the Abbey itself but in the commendator’s house in the west range.

Dundrennan Abbey from the car park:-

Dundrennan Abbey ruins from side:-

Walls and west range:-

Arches:-

Choir screen – now detached and situated in the west range:-

Carved graveslab:-