Dunfermline Abbey

On our way south from St. Andrews to Berwick Upon Tweed, we stopped in Dunfermline to see the Abbey.



Wikipedia tells me that:

A total of eighteen royals, including seven Kings, were buried here from Queen Margaret in 1093 to Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany in 1420. Robert The Bruce, otherwise known as Robert I, became the last of the seven Scottish Kings to be buried in 1329. His bones would eventually be re-discovered and re-buried in 1821, when the excavation of the grounds of what had formerly been the eastern section of the Abbey became the site for the new Abbey Church.

Unfortunately, it was closed for the season and we could not see the inside, which I'm sure is well worth the visit. Some other time, I suppose.

As in St. Andrews, the bulk of the graveyard is population by Victorians.

But there are some markers in such bad shape that they could be most any age.

I caught an interesting bit of light where the sun shining through the church from the south side is illuminating one panel of the near window so we have a dark stained glass with only Jesus lit.

Like most places here, the cemetery is covered with a thick layer of dew covered grass.

For some reason, this fellow wanted his address on his gravestone.