Tour Scotland Video Photographs Inchcolm Abbey Firth Of Forth

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Augustinian Abbey on visit to Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland. Scotland's most complete surviving monastic house. The medieval abbey which is located at the centre of the island, was founded in the 12th century during the episcopate of Gregoir, Bishop of Dunkeld. Later tradition placed it back in the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland who probably had some involvement in the island. He was apparently washed ashore there after a shipwreck in 1123, and took shelter in a hermit's hovel. The Abbey was first used as a priory by Augustinian canons regular, becoming a full abbey in 1235. The island was attacked by the English from 1296 onwards, and the Abbey was abandoned after the Scottish Reformation in 1560. Inchcolm comes from the Scottish Gaelic " Innis Choluim ", meaning Columba's Island.

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