Photo of Melrose Abbey, a ruined abbey in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Melrose AbbeyPhoto Spencer Haynes / Pexels

Abbeys & priories in Scottish BordersScottish Borders, Scotland

6 abbeys and priories in the Albion Guide across Scottish Borders — see the full abbeys and priories directory, or everything to explore in Scottish Borders.

Photo of Melrose Abbey, a ruined abbey in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Melrose Abbey

Abbey near Melrose

Finest of the ruined Border abbeys.

Photo of Dryburgh Abbey, a ruined abbey near Melrose in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Dryburgh Abbey

Abbey near Melrose

Romantic riverside ruin, Scott's grave.

Photo of Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined abbey in the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Jedburgh Abbey

Abbey near Jedburgh

Towering red-stone Border abbey ruin.

Photo of Kelso Abbey, a ruined abbey in the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Kelso Abbey

Abbey near Kelso

Fragment of a once-great Border abbey.

Crosskirk, Peebles

Ruined church near Peebles

Crosskirk, church and friary, Peebles

Eccles, St Mary's Convent

Nunnery near Swinton

Eccles, St Mary's Convent, nunnery