Pluscarden Abbey

United Kingdom / Scotland / Hopeman /
 christianity, monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, catholicism, Roman Catholic church, Category A Listed Scotland
Originally founded in 1230 under Alexander III King of the Scots, for the French Valliscaulian monastic Order.
In 1454 in became a Catholic Benedictine Priory under Dunfermline Abbey.
Pluscarden Abbey is probably the only medieval monastery in the UK that is still home to a working community of Roman Catholic, Benedictine monks.
Only some areas are open to visitors.
See: www.pluscardenabbey.org/home.asp


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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluscarden
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Coordinates:   57°36'0"N   3°26'17"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago