Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the Tombstone Room containing carved gravestones on ancestry visit to Arbroath, Angus, Britain, United Kingdom. Arbroath Abbey was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey in the Scottish Borders. It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket, whom the king had met at the English court. It was William's only personal foundation, he was buried before the high altar of the church in 1214. The last Abbot was Cardinal David Beaton, who in 1522 succeeded his uncle James to become Archbishop of St Andrews in Fife.
Arbroath is located 98 miles North East of Glasgow, 50 miles South West of Aberdeen and 77 miles from Edinburgh and 17 miles North East of Dundee. Neighbouring villages include St Vigeans, Carmyllie, Friockheim, Colliston and Inverkeilor. 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.
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