By 1136 the Cistercians had reached Scotland, founding the Abbey at Melrose. This abbey, Glenluce, was established by Roland, the Lord of Galloway, in 1191. It is sited between Stranraer and Newton Stewart in Galloway. The dissolution of the English and Welsh monasteries took place in the 1530s, but this didn’t happen in quite the same way in Scotland. Abbeys such as Glenluce hung on until around 1560, when the reformation was declared, known as the Scots Confession. After this they faded away.
    The indoor photograph shows the well-preserved chapter house.