Our final place that we visited on a very full and productive Sunday (25th June) was Dunfermline Abbey. After leaving the Wallace Monument, we drove about 35 minutes to Dunfermline, situated a short distance north-west of Edinburgh. Dunfermline Abbey is the final resting place of Robert the Bruce, and his name is engraved in stone across the top of the Abbey's tower. (As can be seen in the photo here.) I had seen this place in old postcards and photographs, but to be here in person was special.
It was also a time to do some family research, for a number of Crawfords are buried in the cemetery here - including my 6x great-grandparents. My parents had visited these ancient graves back in the 1970s, but we had to search a bit to rediscover the headstones again.
After a little search, we were standing over the graves of John Crafoord and his wife Janet Lindsay (the gravestone is dated 1739!), their son James Crawford and his wife Magdelene Anderson, and James and Magdelene's daughter Margaret Crawford. We were sure to snap a family photo at the family graves!
Anya points to a Crawford grave!
The graves of James and Magdelene Crawford, and Margaret Crawford.
The ancient headstone of John Crafoord and Janet Lindsay.
Beautiful scenery at Dunfermline Abbey.
The ruined palace at Dunfermline.
Beautiful old house overlooking the graveyard.
Family photo behind the family graves.
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