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Dryburgh is a village in the
Borders
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region of
Scotland
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, within the county of
Berwickshire
Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of th ...
. It is most famous for the ruined
Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regu ...
.
Dryburgh Abbey Hotel lies on the edge of the village.
The village
K6 red telephone box outside the former post office is Category B listed.
Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey was founded in the 12th century, and burned by English troops in 1322, and again in 1385. It was restored in the 15th century, before being destroyed in 1544. The ruined site is now a
scheduled monument
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, and its grounds are listed in the
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland
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.
Orchard Gate
Orchard Gate is a 19th century, Category B listed Gothic arched gateway.
It has battlemented parapet and piers with incised crosses.
The Temple of the Muses
This circular nine columned
gazebo
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stands since 1817 on Bass Hill, a mound overlooking the
River Tweed
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at the west end of the village. It is dedicated to the poet
James Thomson, the
Ednam
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle.
The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a cor ...
poet and author of "
The Seasons" and the lyrics of
Rule Britannia
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, and his bust can be seen on the top of the structure.
The temple originally contained a stone statue of the
Apollo Belvedere
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on a circular pedestal showing nine
Muse
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s with
laurel wreath
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s. Bronze figures of the Four Seasons by Siobhan O'Hehir were installed as a replacement in 2002.
William Wallace statue
Dryburgh was the first town to erect a
monument
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in honour of
William Wallace
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Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army a ...
, in 1814.
It is said that
Sir Walter Scott
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did not like the structure.
The current statue is in the grounds of
Bemersyde House
Bemersyde House is a historic house in Roxburghshire, Scotland.
The nearest towns are Newtown St. Boswells, Melrose, and Dryburgh. The William Wallace Statue, Bemersyde is on the Bemersyde Estate.
History
Dating back to the 16th century as ...
.
Chain bridge
Dryburgh Suspension Bridge is a pedestrian
chain bridge
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Construction types are, as for other suspens ...
in Dryburgh over the River Tweed.
The current bridge was built in 1872 and replaces an earlier chain
bridge
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which was the first chain bridge in Scotland when built in 1872.
The bridge footpath forms part of the
Borders Abbeys Way
The Borders Abbeys Way is a long-distance footpath in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a circular walkway and is in length. The theme of the footpath is the ruined Borders abbeys (established by David I of Scotland) along its way: ...
and also is an additional, optional route on
St Cuthbert's Way
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to visit Dryburgh Abbey.
See also
*
List of places in the Scottish Borders
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*
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References
Sources
SCRAN image: The Dryburgh Wallace StatueRCAHMS record for Bass Hill, Dryburgh
External links
Engraving of Dryburgh in 1693by
John Slezer
John Abraham Slezer (before 1650 – 1717) was a Dutch-born military engineer and artist.
Life
He was born in Holland and began a military career in service to the House of Orange.
He arrived in the Kingdom of Scotland in 1669, and was app ...
at National Library of Scotland
Villages in the Scottish Borders
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