More from Dundrennan Abbey...
Apr. 16th, 2010 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
endlessraritiesAargh!! The second plane of the day has just passed overhead. According to the news, flights have resumed at Glasgow Airport. An end to tranquility, then...
Since my last blog-post, I have cycled twenty-one miles in the sunshine, eaten a very nice piece of carrot cake (yum) and written almost a thousand words. Woo Hoo!!! I've actually accomplished something today!!
I shall now post some more pictures from Dundrennan. I thought I'd feature some close-ups of the vaulting and mouldings:-
The picture above shows a view through the south transept, looking towards the site of the crossing. Below is a close-up of that same doorway, seen from the chancel, with some rather delicate moulding still evident:-
That's all folks. I'm off to do a bit more writing. Then I'll be watching the film 'Immortal Beloved', if all goes according to plan...
Since my last blog-post, I have cycled twenty-one miles in the sunshine, eaten a very nice piece of carrot cake (yum) and written almost a thousand words. Woo Hoo!!! I've actually accomplished something today!!
I shall now post some more pictures from Dundrennan. I thought I'd feature some close-ups of the vaulting and mouldings:-
The picture above shows a view through the south transept, looking towards the site of the crossing. Below is a close-up of that same doorway, seen from the chancel, with some rather delicate moulding still evident:-
Dundrennan Abbey's primary claim to fame lies in the fact that on the 15th May, 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots stayed overnight there as a guest of the then-Commendator, Edward Maxwell, after fleeing from the Battle of Langside, where her forces were defeated. It turned out to be her last night spent on Scottish soil - she sailed away from nearby Port Mary, and went to England to ask her cousin Elizabeth I for assistance.
The rest, as they say, is history...
Another view now, looking into the former abbey church through its west door. As you can see, there's not much left now:-
The rest, as they say, is history...
Another view now, looking into the former abbey church through its west door. As you can see, there's not much left now:-
And this last view looks through into the chancel from the nave:-
That's all folks. I'm off to do a bit more writing. Then I'll be watching the film 'Immortal Beloved', if all goes according to plan...
