by Robin Thompson | 6 Jun 2017 | Articles
In “The Chequered History of Dunfermline’s Cokete Seal”, Dr. Jean Barclay reports on the current status of a remarkable object surviving from the reign of King Robert the Bruce.
by Robin Thompson | 8 Feb 2017 | Articles
We all know that during the reformation, the Abbeys were abolished. Much of Dunfermline Abbey is now ruined, but the Church is, of course, still in use. But what about the people involved? In this article, Sue Mowat explains the events of the Reformation in...
by Robin Thompson | 11 Oct 2016 | Articles
In “The Abbey Graveyard Toolhouse” Sue Mowat corrects some common misconceptions about an unusual small building in the Abbey churchyard and also tells of the opening of the first museum in Dunfermline.
by Robin Thompson | 19 Sep 2016 | Articles
After the Crimean War, a large number of captured cannons were given to British towns as trophies. In “The Graveyard Gun” Sue Mowat gives us an insight into local politics in the 19th Century and the decidedly mixed response to Dunfermline’s Russian...
by Robin Thompson | 25 Apr 2016 | Did You Know?
Did You Know.. …that Dunfermline’s new Abbey Church was nearly built south, not east, of the old nave? In The New Abbey Church, Jean Barclay tells us how the church was very nearly built between the medieval nave and the fratery. Dunfermline would have looked...
