Glenluce Abbey

#1909 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Monastery, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites

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Glenluce Abbey, near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland. Following the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the abbey fell into disuse. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1192 (832 years ago)Coordinates: 54°53'23"N, 4°49'54"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Glenluce Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Kennedy, Soulseat Abbey, Castle of Park.

4.8 miW
Forts and castles
Castle Kennedy, Stranraer
123 min walk • Castle Kennedy is a ruined 17th-century tower house, about 3 miles east of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, around 0.5 miles north of the village Castle Kennedy.
5.2 miW
Monastery
Soulseat Abbey
133 min walk • Saulseat or Soulseat Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Wigtownshire, Galloway, in the Gaelic-speaking south-west of Scotland.
1 miS
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Castle of Park, Glenluce
26 min walk • The Castle of Park is a 16th-century L-plan tower house near Glenluce, in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a category A listed building.