Sweetheart Abbey

Highlights

• The abbey church – still standing remarkably complete, and still contriving to inspire and overawe 700 years on.
• The precinct wall – an impressive enclosure wall of massive granite boulders, ranking alongside the wall at St Andrews cathedral priory as the most complete in Scotland.
• The stone effigy of Lady Dervorgilla of Galloway in the south transept – the original effigy was destroyed at the Reformation but Abbot Gilbert had this new one made later in the 16th century.

Location

Region – Dumfries and Galloway
Postcode: DG2 8BU

Opening arrangements

Summer
1 April - 30 September, Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm

October
1 October - 31 October, Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

Winter
1 November - 31 March, Mon Tue Wed Sat Sun, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

Admission prices

All year
Adult £4.50, Child £2.70, Concession £3.60