WE DROVE TO THE KINGDOM OF FIFE TO VISIT DUNFERMLINE ABBEY WHICH CONTAINS THE GRAVE OF KING ROBERT THE BRUCE AND ALSO IS SAID TO BE WHERE WILLIAM WALLACE'S MOTHER IS BURIED IN THE GARDEN GROUNDS UNDER A THORN TREE.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL ABBEY WITH SOME VERY UNUSUAL GRAVE MARKERS INCLUDING A FEW WITH SKULL AND CROSSBONES. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE KNOWN THE HISTORY BEHIND SUCH GRAVE MARKERS.
THE PARK NEXT TO IT IS CALLED PITTENCRIEFF PARK AND CONTAINS A STATUE TO THE FAMOUS BENEFACTOR OF DUNFERMLINE, ANDREW CARNEGIE. IT ALSO CONTAINED A WELL IN WHICH WILLIAM WALLACE IS SAID TO HAVE HIDDEN IN WHEN ESCAPING THE ENGLISH SOLDIERS.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL ABBEY WITH SOME VERY UNUSUAL GRAVE MARKERS INCLUDING A FEW WITH SKULL AND CROSSBONES. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE KNOWN THE HISTORY BEHIND SUCH GRAVE MARKERS.
THE PARK NEXT TO IT IS CALLED PITTENCRIEFF PARK AND CONTAINS A STATUE TO THE FAMOUS BENEFACTOR OF DUNFERMLINE, ANDREW CARNEGIE. IT ALSO CONTAINED A WELL IN WHICH WILLIAM WALLACE IS SAID TO HAVE HIDDEN IN WHEN ESCAPING THE ENGLISH SOLDIERS.
