#dunfermline abbey

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the abbey

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A cool dark place 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Dunfermline Abbey, Fife

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Photography Of The Day – Dunfermline Abbey

A wee view from a corner of the Graveyard of the Dunfermline Abbey. Dunfermline Abbey – Photo by Raffaello Palandri

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Dunfermline Abbey

In 1070, Margaret, the granddaughter of King Edmund II Ironside of England, married King Malcolm III of Scotland in Dunfermline. The queen was so enamored with these lands that she decided to establish a religious community there and invited Benedictine monks from Canterbury. Thus, in 1072, Dunfermline Abbey was founded. Initially, this monastery—probably built on the site of the church where Malcolm and Margaret were married—had rather modest dimensions. However, by 1128, under the decree of David I, the sixth son of the royal couple who had ascended to the throne of Scotland at the time, it was significantly expanded. Later, it was connected by a covered walkway to the royal palace in Dunfermline.

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Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland | 10/02/20

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The Fife Pilgrim Way is one of our newest long distance trails. It runs 64 miles from two different starting points in west Fife (North Queensferry and Culross) to St Andrews. I've already walked from both of those points to Dunfermline, so yesterday I carried on and walked from Dunfermline to Lochore Meadows.

As with the first stage it was an immensely varied and surprising 11 miles, from a city centre to a country park, taking in one of the most striking stretches of path anywhere in Fife (at Loch Fitty), the weirdness of St Ninian's Quarry and of course the towering conifers of Blairadam Forest. And then arriving at Loch Ore just in time for a cracking sunset :)

Next time.....13 miles from Lochore to Markinch!

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