Everyone seems to be enjoying images of Scotland, so I thought I might share a few with you.
One morning, my significant other and I rode the bus to Causewayhead and started walking to a historical sight known as Cambuskenneth Abbey.
It's a rather impressive stroll, because as you make your way to the Abbey, Abbey Craig is directly behind you, with one of Scotland's most recognizable monuments, the Wallace Monument -
Cambuskenneth Abbey is not hard to find, you just follow the road, until it comes to a dead end, at the Abbey gates -
I had another reason for wanting to visit the Abbey, but it is also the final resting place for James III King of Scots and Queen Margaret of Denmark -
Looking back toward the entrance gate and the graveyard -
Now we come to the primary reason that I wanted to visit the Abbey.
When William Wallace was murdered in London, he was disemboweled, beheaded and quartered. Longshanks ordered the quarters of his body to be displayed in various locations, as grim reminders of what would happen to those who dared to challenge his authority. It is told that Wallace's left arm and shoulder were nailed to Stirling Brig, to remind the local Scots that their hero had been reduced to nothing. The story is told that the monks of Cambuskenneth Abbey removed the arm and shoulder from the brig, taking the remains away to be buried within the Abbey grounds. The story holds that this stone marks the spot where the reamains were buried -
As we left the house that morning, I nipped three small, white roses from the vine in the front garden, to be placed upon the stone marker -
Now you may have noticed that the stone takes on the appearance of an arrow. Interestingly enough, if you look across the top of the stone in the direction it points, you are looking directly at -
And this is a view of Cambuskenneth Abbey (just visible at the center) from atop the Wallace Monument -
I hope you enjoy the images and the wee story that accompanies them.
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