Edinburgh Sights

Holyrood Abbey

#93 of 424 things to do in Edinburgh

#305 of 1442 things to do in Scotland

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  • Transport
    • 35 or 36
  • Price
    • admission incl in palace ticket
  • Hours
    • same as palace

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Lonely Planet review for Holyrood Abbey

King David I founded the abbey here in the shadow of Salisbury Crags in 1128. It was probably named after a fragment of the True Cross (rood is an old Scots word for cross), said to have been brought to Scotland by his mother, St Margaret. Most of the surviving ruins date from the 12th and 13th centuries, although a doorway in the far southeastern corner has survived from the original Norman church.

 

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