Nunraw Abbey
Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Scottish Reformation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: abbey in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sancta Maria Abbey” and “Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stoneypath Tower and Nunraw.
Stoneypath Tower
Castle
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoneypath Tower, is an L-plan tower house dating from the late sixteenth century, about 3.5 miles south of East Linton, and east of the Whittinghame Water in East Lothian, Scotland. Stoneypath Tower is situated 1 mile north of Nunraw Abbey.
Nunraw
Archaeological site
Photo: Ewen Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nunraw is an estate in East Lothian, Scotland. It includes the Whitecastle, a hillfort, situated on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, two miles south of the village of Garvald. Nunraw is situated 1½ miles southeast of Nunraw Abbey.
Donolly Reservoir
Photo: Keith Burns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donolly Reservoir is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Nunraw Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garvald and Whittingehame.
Garvald
Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garvald is a village south-east of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies on the Papana Water south of the B6370, east of Gifford. The combined parish of Garvald and Bara, borders Whittingehame to the East, Morham to the North, Yester to the West, and Lauder to the South.
Whittingehame
Hamlet
Photo: Liz ‘n’ Jim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whittingehame is a parish with a small village in East Lothian, Scotland, about halfway between Haddington and Dunbar, and near East Linton. The area is on the slopes of the Lammermuir Hills. Whittingehame is situated 2½ miles north of Nunraw Abbey.
Morham
Hamlet
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morham, East Lothian, sometimes spelt Moram, Morum, or Morhame in old records, is the smallest parish in Scotland, sandwiched between five other parishes: Haddington, Garvald, Yester, Whittingehame, and Prestonkirk, in the undulating lower reaches of the Lammermuir Hills. Morham is situated 2½ miles northwest of Nunraw Abbey.
Nunraw Abbey
- Categories: Trappist monastery and religion
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.92152° or 55° 55′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.65259° or 2° 39′ 9″ westElevation
640 feet (195 metres)Open location code
9C7VW8CW+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 896760879OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
11497759Wikidata ID
Q7415655
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Nunraw Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye Sancta-Maria de Nunraw”
- French: “Abbaye Sancta-Maria de Nunraw”
- German: “Kloster Nunraw”
- Polish: “Opactwo Sancta Maria w Nunraw”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nunraw Barns and Whitelaw Hill.
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