What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newbattle Abbey House as Abbey (medieval), College (modern), Country House (16th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Newbattle Abbey House, originally a Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century, is linked to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who is believed to have sent the first monks to establish the community. The site was renowned for its religious significance and later became a college and country house, though no specific holy well or cure is directly recorded in its history.
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Places near here
Newbattle AbbeyBarrow (prehistoric), Long Cist (early Medieval) · 58 yd
Newbattle Abbey House, North SundialSundial (period Unassigned) · 90 yd
Lord Ancrum's WoodWood · 238 yd
Newbattle Abbey, Monkland WallWall (12th Century) · 245 yd
Newbattle Parish ChurchChurch (18th Century) (1727), War Memorial (21st Century) (2009) · 259 yd
Dalkeith, Cemetery Road, Water TowerWater Tower (18th Century) · 1251 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1283 yd
BryanswoodWood · 1680 yd
Whitehill, Whitehill VillageNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
National Mining Museum ScotlandMuseum · 1.4 mi
Salters Road, DalkeithNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Melville CastleCastle (medieval), Country House (period Unassigned), Hotel (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi