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Glenluce Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the late twelfth century, established around 1190 by Roland, Lord of Galloway, in the Water of Luce valley in Wigtownshire. The abbey belonged to the Cistercian order and functioned as a centre of religious life and economic activity until its dissolution in the sixteenth century during the Scottish Reformation. The surviving remains include the substantial chapter house, which displays characteristic Cistercian architectural features, along with fragments of other monastic buildings arranged around the cloister. The site provides significant evidence of medieval monastic life in southwest Scotland and demonstrates the important role the Cistercians played in the economic development and land management of Galloway.
Glenluce Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90153. View the official record →
Glenluce Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the late twelfth century, established around 1190 by Roland, Lord of Galloway, in the Water of Luce valley in Wigtownshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90153.
Glenluce Abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM90153.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle of Park, castle, Glenluce (1.6 km), Glenluce Roman camp, 380m W of Corsehead (2.5 km), Round Dounan,fort,Dunragit House (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glenluce Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Glenluce Abbey stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.