The Auld Grey Toon - Part 2

Yesterday I posted some photos of Dunfermline, with the promise of some of the Monastery and Palace Ruins to come today. The Benedictine Monastery was founded by Queen (also Saint) Margaret, around 1070 and the current ruins, of the Refractory, date to the early 14th Century. Whilst David I moved his court to Edinburgh, the Palace remained significant until the 1603 Union of the Crowns when James VI moved to London; not before the last monarch to have been born in Scotland, Charles I, had been born in the town, though.

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The Auld Grey Toon - Part 1

Yesterday I took several pictures around Dunfermline - including several of the Monastery and Palace ruins, which I shall post tomorrow. There were also a number of others which will, in time, feature on the pages of my Tumblr blog, the widow's window.

Here, though are some of notable buildings and sights in the town:

Andrew Carnegie's birthplace

Doors to the Abbey

City Chambers

Statue of Andrew Carnegie

Pittencrieff House, Glasshouses and the Abbey

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Postcards from Fife

At the beginning of the week I promised you some more pictures from my recent holiday at home. True to my word, here are some taken whilst at home in the Kingdom of Fife.

Limekilns

Andrew Carnegie's birthplace

Monastery Ruins

Dunfermline Abbey

City Chambers, Dunfermline

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In which the widow revisits his home town

Last night I was browsing You Tube for videos and ended up looking at a number of my home town - including some which featured lots of pictures of the town as it was in time gone by. While I enjoyed these a lot, they are probably of limited interest to readers without an immediate connection.

I decided I did want to post something about the town, though, and have opted for two videos. This first has pictures of the Monastery ruins and the Abbey with a short (and slightly repetitive) commentary. The Monastery was founded by Queen (also Saint) Margaret, who was the wife of Malcolm Canmore. She is the queen after whom North and South Queensferry is named and there is also a chapel in Edinburgh Castle named after her - indeed it is the oldest building in the castle. Her son David I founded the Abbey although he moved the Scottish Court to Edinburgh.

The Abbey is the burial place of Robert the Bruce, as mentioned in the video. His heart is, however, buried at Melrose Abbey - after an attempt to take it to be buried in the Holy Land had to be aborted. Anyway, enough history - enjoy:

This second video features pictures of the Abbey, Monastery and the adjoining Palace ruins:

Andrew