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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
Site of the CLOISTERS	Site of Cloisters Site of Cloisters Site of Cloisters	Rev [Reverend] P. Chalmers Mr Kilgour Provost Beveridge	035	[Situation] At the S. [South] side of the Nave of the Abbey church The site of the Cloisters of Dunfermline Abbey, they were situated between the southern door or porch of the old Abbey Church and the Frater Hall, through these Cloisters the monks could walk in all weathers. both day and night to their prayers in the church, The space taKen up with the cloisters was turned into a tennis court or bowling green after the Reformation, and lately into part of the extended burial ground,

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Sheet 4 -- Trace 14 -- Town and Parish of Dunfermline

For situation see Town Plan - http://maps.nls.uk/view/74415326

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