Lindores Abbey was a
Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of
Newburgh in
Fife,
Scotland. Now a much reduced and overgrown ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the
River Tay, about 1 mile north of the village of
Lindores. The abbey was founded as a daughter house of
Kelso Abbey in the about 1191 (some sources say 1178) by
David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of
William the Lion. The first
abbot was Guido, Prior of Kelso, under whom the buildings were mosly completed. The church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and St. Andrew, was 195 feet long, with transepts 110 feet long.
Edward I of England,
John Balliol,
David II, and
James III were among the monarchs who visited Lindores at different times.
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