Glenluce Abbey

Glenluce Abbey, near to , , was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland.
  • Ruin
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 feet (10 metres)
  • Description: monastery in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

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Building
The is a 16th-century L-plan tower…
3,100 feet southeast of Glenluce Abbey
Dunragit is a village on the A75, between …
2 miles west of Glenluce Abbey

Villages in the Area

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is a small village in the parish of Old Luce in , .
is a village on the A75, between …
2 miles west of Glenluce Abbey
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Village
is a small village 3 miles east…
5 miles west of Glenluce Abbey
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Latitude
54.88333° or 54° 53′ north
Longitude
-4.83333° or 4° 50′ west
Open location code
9C6QV5M8+8M
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Slovenian—“Glenluce Abbey” goes by many names.
Glenluce AbbeyDutch
Glenluce AibeyScots
Glenluice AibeyScots
Opatija GlenluceSlovenian

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