Medieval Nave With Music On History Visit The Abbey In City Of Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish fiddle music, of a walk around the Medieval Nave on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Abbey in the City of Dunfermline in West Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The Old Church or Nave` is the only remains of the twelfth century Abbey, dedicated in 1147. The nave of the Old Church stretches eastwards to the entrance to the modern parish church. The side walls of the central area are carded on five massive pillars on the left and six on the right. A church probably already existed on this site in 1070, when King Malcolm III married Queen Margaret. Margaret liked Dunfermline so much she set up a Benedictine foundation here. This was later transformed by her son King David I into what was intended to become the most important abbey in Scotland. Work was started in 1128 on the Abbey Church and the nave still survives as the western half of the building on view today. The nave was the part of the church accessible to the ordinary people of the parish. During the winter of 1303 the court of King Edward I of England was held in the abbey, and on his departure next year most of the buildings were burned. During the Scottish Reformation, the abbey church was sacked in March 1560 though some parts of the abbey infrastructure still remain. Dunfermline is the ancient capital of Scotland, birthplace of Kings and Queens and the final resting place of King Robert the Bruce. Dunfermline is to become Scotland's eighth city after being granted the status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The town in Fife was chosen along with seven others across the UK and overseas territories. It joins Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Stirling and Inverness on the list of Scottish cities. Dunfermline was successful in its bid alongside Bangor in Northern Ireland, Colchester, Doncaster and Milton Keynes in England, Douglas in the Isle of Man, Stanley in the Falkland Islands and Wrexham in Wales. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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