An Abaid Ur | |
Monastery information | |
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Full name | Abbey of Dulce Cor |
Other names | New Abbey |
Order | Cistercian |
Established | 1273 |
Disestablished | 1624 |
Mother house | Dundrennan Abbey |
Dedicated to | St Mary the Virgin |
Diocese | Diocese of Galloway |
Controlled churches | Buittle; Crossmichael; Kirkcolm; Kirkpatrick-Durham; Lochkindeloch; Wigtown |
People | |
Founder(s) | Dervorguilla of Galloway; Abbot Henry, S.O.Cist. |
Architecture | |
Style | Early English |
Site | |
Location | New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Visible remains | Abbey church, precinct wall, chapter house |
The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gaelic: An Abaid Ur), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 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.