Cherie's Place » Ruin http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Melrose Abbey http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/21/melrose-abbey/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/21/melrose-abbey/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:31:37 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=12586 Untitled

Melrose Abbey, in the heart of the beautiful Scottish Border country, was founded in the twelfth century by the Cistercian order of monks. They were drawn to this fertile spot beside the River Tweed through its intimate associations with the holy men St Aidan and St Cuthbert. The Abbey grew to be one of the most wealthiest and most majestic medieval monasteries of Scotland, and its abbey church is one of the finest expressions of the order’s ‘architecture of solitude’.*

Melrose Abbey

Melrose Abbey

Melrose Abbey

Melrose Abbey

*From the Historic Scotland guidebook to Melrose Abbey

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/21/melrose-abbey/feed/ 8 Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/02/06/cheries-place-thought-for-the-week-93/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/02/06/cheries-place-thought-for-the-week-93/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:12:45 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=5247 A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future.

Robert A. Heinlein

Still Standing

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/02/06/cheries-place-thought-for-the-week-93/feed/ 18 Dunstanburgh Castle http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/01/dunstanburgh-castle/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/01/dunstanburgh-castle/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:12:32 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=1252 As you can see the castle itself is very dramatic and dominates the coast line.

The principle castle remains date from the 14th century when the Earl of Lancaster (a cousin of Edward II of England) began the construction of a massive fortress which was later enlarged by John of Gaunt.

The castle is the largest in Northumberland enclosing the entire 11 acres of headland but it  didn’t play a significant part in the border warfare with Scotland.  During the wars of the roses (between 1455 and 1485) the castle was held for the Lancastrians.  The extensive damages that is sustained from canon during this time were not repaired and the castle fell into decay.

Dramatic View

Scant Remains

A Castle With a View

Info from Wiki.

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