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@listermj.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 12:12 PM

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The burial place of the heart of Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), King of Scots.
The 12th century Melrose Abbey, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland.
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A view of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, a historic Cistercian monastery located in Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland.
Only a very small part of the first abbey church survives.
The present building of rose-coloured stone dates almost entirely to the post-1385 rebuilding.
King David I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce's great grandfather) founded Melrose Abbey, the first Cistercian monastery in Scotland, in 1136.
It was one of a number of abbeys that he set up in the Borders to show both his piety and his power over this contested territory. The Cistercians were drawn to this fertile spot beside the River Tweed by its close associations with St Aidan and St Cuthbert. The monks came from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, the Cistercians’ great northern English missionary base.
Monastic life continued at Melrose for the next 450 years.The last monk, John Watson, died around 1590.
Powerful people endowed the abbey richly and it was a highly desirable final resting place.
King Alexander II of Scotland (died 1249) is buried here.
The heart of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots (died 1329) was also buried at Melrose, although his body was interred at Dunfermline Abbey.
After Robert the Bruce died in 1329, his heart was removed, embalmed, and entrusted to his loyal friend Sir James Douglas to carry on a crusade to the Holy Land. Douglas was killed fighting the Moors in Spain, and the heart was brought back to Scotland. The heart was interred at Melrose Abbey.
A lead container holding the heart was found during excavations in 1921 and again in 1996, then reburied in the abbey grounds marked by a stone memorial plaque in 1998.
Melrose’s location put it on the front line of conflict with England during the later Middle Ages: Attacks by Edward I (1300 and 1307) and Edward II (1322) required major repairs. Richard II’s attack in 1385 led to a complete rebuilding of the abbey church. The War of the Rough Wooing (a brutal campaign by Henry VIII) in the 1540s caused further damage.

@indivisibleinn.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 1:47 PM

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@harrison.page Oct 10, 2026, 11:24 PM

Los Angeles c. 1980s

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Man in black suit, fedora and sunglasses with arms crossed on sidewalk as cyclist rides toward camera on sunny street.

@bostonmapper.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:15 PM

#Melrose MA Thurs Oct. 15, at 7 pm @City Hall to discuss the city's license plate reader cameras and other police surveillance technology. Broadcast MMTV + mmtv3.org www.melrosetownguide.com/news/melrose...

@tourscotland.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 6:59 PM

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of the library in #Abbotsford #House near #Melrose. It was formerly the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2009/05/old-...

@bostonmapper.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:07 PM

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@tourscotland.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:59 PM

Tour #Scotland #Autumn travel photography and video Blog of the abbey and graveyard in #Melrose on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to the #Scottish #Borders. A partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order founded in 1136 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2018/10/tour...

@bostonmapper.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:14 PM

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@marchurboston.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:35 PM

Opening alert -- Slurp Noodle opens in Melrose. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2026/09/slur...

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@indivisibleinn.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 8:55 PM

#Melrose #MA Chalk Walk was canceled due to rain, but it's gone digital! @fyamelrose #VoteEarly #MA Oct 17-30 See details at voteinma.com

@newsen.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 4:01 PM

Celebrating Progress: Melrose Fire Engine 2 Station Reaches Steel Topping Off Milestone #USA #CTA_Construction #Melrose #Melrose_Fire #Engine_2_Station

@undisscot.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 4:01 PM

The superb Commendator's House Museum, forming part of Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders. It lays claim to having the largest collection of medieval artefacts on display anywhere in Scotland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

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The Commendator's House Museum. The image shows a large pink and honey-coloured stone building with grey slate roofs. It is two storeys in height apart from a three-storey tower on the right side of the end nearest us. The building is on a slope leading away from us down into a broad shallow valley and there are fields and trees visible on the far side. There’s a tree on the right side of the frame and the sky is blue.

@birdwriterwrites.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 3:46 PM

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@bostonmapper.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 12:13 AM

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@weewalkingtours.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 8:00 PM

The three unicorns of Melrose are enjoying the last days of summer, but looks like they are also getting ready for the autumn! 🍁🍂🏵️

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Our Golden Retriever explorers, Arthur and Walter, pose at the Market Cross in Melrose, Scotland. Behind them are beautiful orange flowers.

@samphire-hoe.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:10 AM

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@eatsbychan.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:30 AM

Tatsu Ramen if you’re a looking for some solid noodles on Melrose! #tatsu #ramen #la #melrose #socal

@bostonmapper.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 2:04 PM

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@nokingsactions.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 1:45 AM

📣 Melrose: Join the Vote Early rally Oct. 17, 10-11 AM at Downtown Melrose near City Hall. Show up for democracy and voter participation. www.mobilize.us/nokingsaler...

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@bostonmapper.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 8:39 PM

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