Dunfermline Abbey.

"Perhaps no town in all Scotland, excepting only Edinburgh, figured so prominently in the early portions of Scottish national history as Dunfermline; surely not one ever so vied with the capital in royal favour as did this nearest of neighbours, only a few miles distant north of the Firth of Forth. It was Malcolm Canmore who, early in the eleventh century, first brought this burgh into fame by building his castle upon its precipitous hill- side and designating it as the future place of royal sepulture instead of the long-famous isle of lona. Accordingly almost all of the kings of Scotland, from Malcolm to the Bruce, were buried here, besides a host of princes and persons of rank and fame." Extract from "Scotland's Ruined Abbeys" (Open Library).
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Dunfermline Abbey is a Historic Scotland property with free entry for Historic Scotland members.

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