Tour Scotland photograph of the Devorgilla Bridge, Dumfries, Scotland. The river Nith runs through Dumfries and there are several bridges across the river in the town, including the Devorgilla, which is also known as " The Old Bridge. " The bridge was built around 1270 by the Lady Devorgilla of Galloway, a deeply religious and very influential noblewoman who was the great neice of William the Lion and of King Malcolm IV. Her son, John Balliol, became King of Scotland in 1292. She is best known for the foundation of Balliol College, Oxford England, but in addition she built the Cistercian Sweetheart Abbey, near Dumfries, where in due course she was buried. She also built the convent of Greyfriars in Dumfries, the site of the confrontation between the Red Comyn and Robert the Bruce.
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