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Church - Abbey Selkirk Kelso
Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I. It occupies ground overlooking the confluence of the Tweed and Teviot waters, the site of what was once the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh and the intended southern centre for the developing Scottish kingdom at that time. Kelso thus became the seat of a pre-eminently powerful abbacy in the heart of the Scottish Borders. In the 14th century, Roxburgh became a focus for periodic attack and occupation by English forces and Kelso's monastic community survived a number of fluctuations in control over the area, restoring the abbey infrastructure after episodes of destruction and ultimately retaining Scottish identity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelso_Abbey
| Date | 1113 |
| File name | Church - Abbey Selkirk Kelso.jpg |
| File Size | 96.67k |
| Dimensions | 450 x 599 |
| Linked to | Prince of the Cumbrians and Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon and King of Scotland Saint David of Scotland, I (Religion); Prince of the Cumbrians and Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon and King of Scotland Saint David of Scotland, I |
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