Sancta Maria Abbey

#4943 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Scottish Reformation. Founded in 1946 by monks from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland, and consecrated as an Abbey in 1948, it nestles at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills on the southern edge of East Lothian. The estate of the abbey is technically called White Castle after an early hill-fort on the land. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1946 (78 years ago)Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 55°55'17"N, 2°39'6"W

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Sancta Maria Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Mary's Church, Hailes Castle, Preston Mill, Lennoxlove House.

5.1 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Church
St Mary's Church, Haddington
132 min walk • The Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of Scotland parish church in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Building work on the church was started in 1380, and further building and rebuilding has taken place up to the present day.
3.8 miN
Forts and castles
Hailes Castle, East Linton
97 min walk • Hailes Castle is a mainly 14th century castle about a mile and a half south-west of East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. This castle, which has a fine riverside setting, belonged to the Hepburn family during the most important centuries of its existence.
4.9 miN
Museum
Preston Mill, East Linton
125 min walk • Preston Mill is a watermill on the River Tyne at the eastern edge of East Linton on the B1407 Preston Road, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is situated close to Prestonkirk Parish Church, the Smeaton Hepburn Estate, Smeaton Lake, and Phantassie Doocot. It is a Category A listed building.
5 miW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Lennoxlove House, Haddington
129 min walk • Lennoxlove House is a historic house set in woodlands half a mile south of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. The house comprises a 15th-century tower, originally known as Lethington Castle, and has been extended several times, principally in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries.
4.8 miN
Church
Prestonkirk Parish Church, East Linton
124 min walk • Prestonkirk Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church at East Linton, in the parish of Traprain, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, close to Preston Mill, Smeaton, Phantassie, and the River Tyne.
4.4 miN
Bridge
East Linton Bridge, East Linton
113 min walk • East Linton Bridge, also called Old Tyne Bridge, is a bridge over the River Tyne in the village of East Linton in the county of East Lothian, Scotland. In 1971, the bridge was designated a category A listed building.
3.8 miW
Church
Yester Parish Church, Gifford
98 min walk • Yester Parish Church is a church of the Church of Scotland in the village of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. The village forms part of Yester, Bolton and Saltoun parish, and is a linked charge with Humbie Parish Church.
3 miN
Archaeological site
Traprain Law
77 min walk • Traprain Law is a hill 6 km east of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, It is the site of a hill fort or possibly oppidum, which covered at its maximum extent about 16 ha. It is the site of the Traprain Law Treasure, the largest Roman silver hoard from anywhere outside the Roman Empire which included exquisite silver artefacts.
5.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Whiteadder Reservoir
138 min walk • Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles south east of Garvald. It was created to provide additional water facilities for East Lothian. Work on the Dam forming the reservoir commenced in 1964.
3.1 miSW
Forts and castles
Yester Castle
79 min walk • Yester Castle is a ruined castle, located 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of the village of Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Ha' or Hobgoblin Ha'.
5.4 miNW
55°57'19"N • 2°46'43"W
John Gray Centre, Haddington
139 min walk • History museum, Museum