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Almeriecloss is the name of the property immediately adjoining the Abbey and once belonged thereto
Here it is said there was an enclosed building for the distribution of alms no trace of which
however now remains but the name. It may here be mentioned for the edification of the lover
of Scottish Song that some fifty years ago the heiress of the lands of Almeriecloss whose parents
were Quakers eloped with a young gentleman and in celebration of joy at the return of the fugitive
the celebrated song of "So merrily danced the Quakers wife", &c. was composed.
Bremnar's History, &c. of the Abbey
1st. edition

It would be difficult correctly to surmise where stood in the dormitory, Refectory, or Scriptorium certainly
such places were appendages to the Abbey although their localities cannot now be pointed out. According
to tradition the Almonry did not form one of the group but was situated on the ground of
Almerieclose, nearly opposite the Regality Tower; and adjoining to it is the Eleemosynary Lands where
a range of buildings is said to have been allotted to the lodgement and use of the poor.
Bremnar's History &c. of the Abbey 2nd. edition