Stock Photo: Ancient Ruins The Abbots House Arbroath Abbey Scotland
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Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey. It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket, whom the king had met at the English court. It was William`s only personal foundation — he was buried before the high altar of the church in 1214.[1] The last
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