Dryburgh Abbey, burial place of later Scottish kings and today the resting place of Sir Walter Scott, was burned by Hertford's forces in 1544. The Premonstratensian abbey had been an important cultural and religious centre. Its burning was part of the systematic destruction of Scottish ecclesiastical institutions along the Borders. The ruins remain impressive even today, a lasting memorial to the Rough Wooing's destructiveness.
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