Abbot's House, Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland
Undercroft of the Abbot's House, built 13th - 16th centuries, at Arbroath Abbey, founded in 1178 by King William the Lion and consecrated 1197, for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey, in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. Originally part of the great cloister, built late 12th or early 13th century, a fireplace was added c. 1500 to make this rib-vaulted undercroft into a kitchen. The Declaration of Scottish Independence is believed to have been written at the abbey by Abbot Bernard in 1320. The building is now managed by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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