Dunfermline

The plaque giving details of Malcolm Canmore's tower. It was to this building that he brought his new wife, Margaret. She would radically change the religion of the country by bringing the church into line with Rome. She would rebuild the little church nearby into what would become Dunfermline Abbey

The remains of the tower with the Abbey Church just visible through the trees

The west end of the Abbey Church.

The West end in more detail.

The west end doorway

You can see looking West to East, the two churches. The medieval knave and the Victorian extension, with King / Robert / The / Bruce carved around the tower

You can clearly see the join here. The old monastic buildings would have been between where I am standing and the church itself

The massive butresses holding up the walls

This door in the middle of the medieval building would have led into the Cloisters. There is a good map of a typical Medieval Abbey layout here

The interior showing the three levels and the height of the roof.

Looking down the central nave towards the west end entrance

The reverse view, looking East towards where the rood screen would have stood

One of the only remaining stained glass windows commemorating the marriage of King Robert III to Annabel in 1366

The South Apse

Chevron carved pillar

The interior of the Victorian church looking towards the lectern and Bruce's grave

Similar view to above

Bruce's grave under the pulpit (there is no altar in Church of Scotland churches)

Stone plaque from 1616

The north side of the church