Taking advantage of the good weather recently I visited Dunfermline and its abbey where Robert the Bruce is buried. His grave is under the pulpit of the abbey here -
This was not his original burial place and when his remains were moved here a plaster cast was taken of his skull -
The Abbey itself dates back to around 800 AD and this is the interior of the original building -
quite small and unfurnished and anyone who has visited Roslin chapel will recognise the type of carved pillars.
The exterior shows the flying buttresses supporting the old part and the new part at the far end with the distinctive tower bearing the Bruce legend -
Lastly, Braveheart fans may not be aware that William Wallace's mother lies buried in the grounds of the Abbey -
Not the same thorn tree after all these years, but somewhere here -
Originally Posted by Phil
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