Lindores Abbey
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Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile north of the village of Lindores
Abbey ruins
Ruins of Lindores Abbey
The eastern entrance
Still discovered at Lindores Abbey
David Stewart was the eldest son of Robert III of Scotland and his wife, Annabella Drummond. The heir apparent to the Scottish throne from 1390 until his death, David held the titles of Prince of Scot
Lindores Abbey
…Blair Atholl. The monks were active in pursuing legal actions to protect the grazing and forage rights of their tenants and dependents in Strathallan. David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, who died during imprisonment at Falkland Palace in 1402, was buried at the Abbey. The abbey was sacked by a mob from Dundee in 1543, and again by John…
David negotiated with John of Gaunt over Scottish claims to Jedforest, pictured here, in 1398.
Events at Dumbarton Castle, pictured here, triggered David's rise to power at the end of 1398.
Henry IV of England, who challenged David by invading Scotland in 1400.
The appearance of the Great Comet of 1402 was interpreted as symbolizing David's death.