Lindores Abbey
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| Monastery information | |
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| Established | 1191 |
| Disestablished | 1559 |
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| FounderTemplate:Pluralize from text | David, Earl of Huntingdon |
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Official name | Lindores Abbey |
| Type | Ecclesiastical: abbey; claustral remains; gateway; grange/farm - secular buildings associated; precincts; tower |
| Designated | 13 April 1935 |
| Reference no. | Template:Historic Environment Scotland |
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Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Lindores and is a scheduled monument.[1]
The abbey was founded as a daughter house of Kelso Abbey in 1191 (some sources say 1178), by David, Earl of Huntingdon, on land granted to him by his brother William the Lion. The first abbot was Guido, Prior of Kelso, under whom the buildings were mostly completed. The church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and St. Andrew, was 195 feet (59 m) long, with transepts 110 feet (34 m) long. Edward I of England, John Balliol, David II, and James III were among the monarchs who visited Lindores at different times. The Abbey ceased operation in 1559.
History
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, who died during imprisonment at Falkland Palace in 1402, was buried at the Abbey.[2]
The abbey was sacked by a mob from Dundee in 1543, and again by John Knox and his supporters in 1559. According to Knox, the Protestants overthrew the altars, broke up statues, burned the books and vestments and made them cast aside their monkish habits.[3]
After the Reformation, the Abbey passed into the hands of a Commendator, one whose loyal service to the crown was rewarded by the gift of the ecclesiastical income and property. The monks remained for a time, but the Abbey began to be dismantled around 1584. In the following years the Abbey buildings were quarried as a source of building stone for Newburgh, and slate, timber and carvings from the Abbey as well as a number of architectural fragments are visible built into later structures in the town. When Patrick Leslie was Commendator, in August 1595, Anne of Denmark met the Earl of Orkney at Lindores .[4]
The main upstanding remains of the Abbey are: one of the gateways leading into the monastic enclosure; the groin-vaulted slype, leading from the cloister garth to the exterior of the Abbey; and parts of the chancel walls and western tower of the church, although the ground plan of the whole structure can still be traced. Sections of the imposing precinct wall which once enclosed the abbey can also be seen in fields to the south.
Carved wooden panels from the Abbey of the early 16th century survive in the Laing Museum, Newburgh and, reset in a 19th-century cabinet, in St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee.
The monks distilled rose water at the Abbey, and in May 1540 rosewater and apples from Lindores were sent to James V.[5]
In 2018 a distillation vat was discovered in the ruins, along with evidence of whisky production. The remains of the still are preserved for display in the ruins.[6]
Since 2024, the University of St Andrews and Brandeis University have been operating a summer archaeological field school course at the site. They are investigating patterns of monastic water use.[7]
Lindores Abbey distillery
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A commercial distillery located by the site of Lindores Abbey opened in 2017 and began distilling Scotch whisky by December of that year.[8] It is operated by the McKenzie Smith family.
Burials
- James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
- David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
- Robert and Henry, infant sons of David I, Earl of Huntingdon
See also
- Abbot of Lindores, for a list of abbots and commendators
- National Archives of Scotland for the exchequer roll
References
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- ^ Template:Historic Environment Scotland
- ^ George Burnett, Exchequer Rolls of Scotland: 1379-1406, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1880), pp. xcii, 549.
- ^ Andrew Laing, Lindores Abbey and Its Burgh of Newburgh (Edinburgh, 1881), p. 123.
- ^ Letters of John Colville (Edinburgh, 1858), p. 175.
- ^ Athol Murray, 'Pursemaster's Accounts', Miscellany of the Scottish History Society X (Edinburgh, 1965), p. 50.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World's Oldest Whisky Still Discovered in Scotland - Geek.com". Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Monastic Archaeology Field School". Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ ON THIS DAY 1494…FIRST MENTION OF SCOTCH DISTILLING
External links
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- Lindores Abbey Distillery website
- Tour Lindores Abbey.
- Divine Inspiration. The Scotsman. 24 January 2004
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- Lindores Abbey - Home of Scotch Whisky. Script error: No such module "webarchive". 1 October 2011
- Entry for Lindores Abbey in Canmore database.
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