Sweetheart Abbey

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Cistercian monastery ruined abbey scheduled monument tourist attraction

Sweetheart Abbey is a ruined 13th-century Cistercian monastery in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, famed for its romantic founding legend and striking red sandstone architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Sweetheart Abbey canonical 8

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian monastery ⓘ
ruined abbey ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
architecturalType abbey church ⓘ
associatedWithLegend Dervorguilla carrying her husband’s embalmed heart ⓘ
completedInCentury 14th century ⓘ
constructionMaterial red sandstone ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentUse heritage site ⓘ
dedicatedTo St Mary ⓘ
dioceseHistoric Diocese of Galloway ⓘ
foundedAs New Abbey ⓘ
foundedBy Dervorguilla of Galloway ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
foundedInYear 1273 ⓘ
foundingOrder Cistercians ⓘ
functionHistoric monastic community ⓘ
governingBody Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
hasFeature cloister remains ⓘ
nave ⓘ
presbytery ⓘ
tower ⓘ
transepts ⓘ
hasGraveyard true ⓘ
hasTouristFacilities visitor information panels ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor red sandstone architecture ⓘ
romantic founding legend ⓘ
well-preserved church ruins ⓘ
laterName Sweetheart Abbey self-link ⓘ
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
New Abbey ⓘ
locatedNear Dumfries ⓘ
River Nith ⓘ
surface form: the River Nith
managedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
monasticOrderRule Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ
surface form: Rule of St Benedict
namedAfter Dervorguilla of Galloway’s devotion to her husband ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalName New Abbey ⓘ
region southwest Scotland ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
status ruin ⓘ
suppressedDuring Scottish Reformation ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dumfries and Galloway council area → containsHistoricSite → Sweetheart Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway → contains → Sweetheart Abbey ⓘ
Dervorguilla of Galloway → burialPlace → Sweetheart Abbey ⓘ
Dervorguilla of Galloway → patronOf → Sweetheart Abbey ⓘ
Dervorguilla of Galloway → founded → Sweetheart Abbey ⓘ
Sweetheart Abbey → laterName → Sweetheart Abbey self-link ⓘ
New Abbey → hasLandmark → Sweetheart Abbey ⓘ
New Abbey → hasReligiousSite → Sweetheart Abbey ⓘ