Pluscarden Abbey
📍 Moray, Scotland
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Pluscarden Abbey is a Catholic Benedictine monastery in the glen of the Black Burn, six miles southwest of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. It was founded in 1230 by Alexander II for the Valliscaulian Order.
Founded in 1230 by King Alexander II for the Valliscaulian Order, one of only three such monasteries in Scotland. Merged with nearby Urquhart Priory in 1454 and became Benedictine. Fell into ruin after the Reformation but was gifted to the Benedictines in 1943 and painstakingly restored by the monks themselves. The only medieval British monastery still used for its original purpose.
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