Arbroath
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Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast, some 16 miles east-northeast
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Mortuary Chapel, Western Cemetery geograph.org.uk 1369955
Arbroath Harbour
Arbroath Library
Arbroath Abbey
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Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey. It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedicati
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…Dundee and 45 miles (72 km) south-southwest of Aberdeen. There is evidence of Iron Age settlement, but its history as a town began with the founding of Arbroath Abbey in 1178. It grew much during the Industrial Revolution through the flax and then the jute industry and the engineering sector. A new harbour was created…
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Abbey's seal, depicting the murder of St Thomas
Arbroath Abbey, showing The Round 'O'
The nave of Arbroath Abbey, as observed from the west