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Photo of New Abbey, a village in the Nith Estuary, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.

© Peter Wood / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

New Abbey

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New Abbey grew up beneath Sweetheart Abbey, the red-sandstone ruin that Dervorgilla of Galloway founded in 1273 in memory of her husband — she kept his embalmed heart by her and named the abbey “Dulce Cor”, sweet heart, for it. The roofless church is cared for by Historic Environment Scotland. The village also has a working 18th-century corn mill, and sits below the slopes of Criffel.

More places to visit near New Abbey

Photo of the Nith Estuary, a National Scenic Area in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Nith Estuary

You’re inside itNational Scenic Area near Carsethorn

Solway saltmarsh under Criffel, with wintering geese, a moated castle and an abbey ruin all within a few miles

Photo of Sweetheart Abbey, a ruined abbey near New Abbey in the Nith Estuary, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Iconic

Sweetheart Abbey

Abbey near New Abbey

Rose-red Cistercian ruin near the Solway.

0.1 km E

Photo of Caerlaverock Castle, a ruined castle near New Abbey in the Nith Estuary, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Iconic

Caerlaverock Castle

Castle near New Abbey

Unique triangular moated fortress.

6.3 km E

Photo of Kirkbean Parish Church, a church in the Nith Estuary, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.

Kirkbean Parish Church

Church near Kirkbean

Solway parish church with a distinctive domed tower, linked to the birthplace of naval hero John Paul Jones.

7.1 km S

Photo of WWT Caerlaverock, a nature reserve near New Abbey in the Nith Estuary, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

WWT Caerlaverock

Nature reserve near New Abbey

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve on the Solway merse, famous for wintering barnacle geese and whooper swans.

7.7 km E

Photo of Southerness Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Southerness Lighthouse

Lighthouse near Southerness

Squat white tower of 1749, among the oldest lighthouses in Scotland, on the Solway shore.

11.9 km S