Dunfermline Abbey

Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey from Pittencrieff Park
Dunfermline Abbey is located in Scotland
Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey
Location in Scotland
56°04′12″N 3°27′49″W / 56.0699°N 3.4636°W / 56.0699; -3.4636
LocationDunfermline, Fife
CountryScotland
DenominationChurch of Scotland
Previous denominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.dunfermlineabbey.co.uk/wwp/
History
StatusActive
Founded1128
Architecture
Functional statusParish Church
Architect(s)William Burn
StyleRomanesque[1]
Completed1250
Clergy
Minister(s)MaryAnn R. Rennie

Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was confiscated and sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair. Part of the old abbey church continued in use at that time and some parts of the abbey infrastructure still remain.

  1. ^ "Dunfermline Palace and Abbey - Overview". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2019.