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Parish of Merton -- WBeatty -- [page] 41

Dryburgh Abbey -- Dryburgh Abbey -- Continued -- See Sheet 30.15 --

The Abbey was burnt, and considerable part of it was destroyed by the army of King Edward II in the year 1323, and was repaired at the expense of Robert I _
James VI of Scotland dissolved the Abbey of Dryburgh, and erected it into a temporal Lordship and Peerage in favour of John Earl of Mar, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, by the title of Cardross etc. -
The freestone of which the Monastery of Dryburgh and the most elegant part of the abbey of Melrose, was built, is of a most beautiful color and texture, and has defied the influence of the weather, for more than than