The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Dumfries.
Sweetheart Abbey
Looking eastwards, the impressive nave of the abbey church leading (under the dramatic bell tower) to the chancel, with its richly carved and traceried windows. Above the rows of pillars, the triforia can just be seen.
Sweetheart Abbey entrance through the much altered archway in the abbey precincts which extended to 30 acres.
Kirkcudbrightshire, or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Kirkcudbrightshire was an administrative county used for local government. Since 1975, the area has formed part of Dumfries and Galloway for local government purposes. Kirkcudbrightshire continues to be used as a registration county for land registration. A lower-tier district called Stewartry covered the majority of the historic county from 1975 to 1996. The area of Stewartry district is still used as a lieutenancy area. Dumfries and Galloway Council also has a Stewartry area committee.
121–123 High Street, Kirkcudbright: Former headquarters of Kirkcudbrightshire County Council
Rhinns of Kells ridge towards Millfire
Loch Trool in north-western Kirkcudbrightshire
Railway viaduct at Loch Ken, now disused
