Venues

Melrose Abbey

Melrose Abbey

Image credit: Edwinrijkaart, CC BY-SA 3.0, (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Open to the public

Heritage site in Scottish Borders

17 artworks

Part of Historic Environment Scotland

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David I founded Scotland’s first Cistercian monastery in 1136. Being so close to the border, Melrose Abbey suffered at English hands during the Middle Ages. Rebuilt in the 1380s, it was used as an abbey until the Protestant Reformation of 1560. Afterwards, the existing monks were allowed to stay on: the last died in 1590.

Abbey Street, Melrose, Scottish Borders TD6 9LG Scotland

01896 822 562

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/melrose-abbey/

Artworks

  • Shrine Fragment
    Shrine Fragment unknown artist
    Melrose Abbey
  • Water Drainage Trough
    Water Drainage Trough unknown artist
    Melrose Abbey
  • Vault Boss
    Vault Boss unknown artist
    Melrose Abbey
  • Vault Boss
    Vault Boss unknown artist
    Melrose Abbey
  • Vault Boss
    Vault Boss unknown artist
    Melrose Abbey
  • Vault Boss
    Vault Boss unknown artist
    Melrose Abbey
  • Lion Sculpture
    Lion Sculpture unknown artist
    Melrose Abbey
  • 10 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

Historic Environment Scotland has another 345 artworks

Artists

  • Tinted Venus
    John Gibson (1790–1866)
  • Thomas Egerton (1540?–1617), 1st Viscount Brackley
    unknown artist
Melrose Abbey is part of

Historic Environment Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland artworks can also be found at these venues

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    Abbotsford House
  • Borders Textile Towerhouse
  • Coldstream Museum
  • Dryburgh Abbey
  • Duns Area Museum Office
  • Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge
  • Jedburgh Abbey
  • Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum
  • Mary, Queen of Scots' Visitor Centre
  • Mellerstain House