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Newbattle Abbey House

Abbey (medieval), College (modern), Country House (16th Century)

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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