Crossraguel Abbey
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The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel[2] is a ruin of a former abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Although it is a ruin, visitors can still see the original monks’ church, their cloister and their dovecot (pigeon tower).
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Order | Cluniac |
Established | 1260s |
Disestablished | 1617 |
Mother house | Paisley Abbey |
Diocese | Diocese of Glasgow |
Controlled churches | Dailly; Girvan; Inchmarnock; Kirkudbright-Innertig; Kirkoswald; Straiton |
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Founder(s) | Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick |
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