@BillDFC I can't swear to it, but I believe all of the masonry was executed by Scottish masons. I visited it many years ago (1987, I think), and I bought a book about it at the time. I think I would remember if I had read that it was not Scots, but French masons who built it. Do you know for certain that French masons were working in Scotland at the time the abbey was built?
@wboquist King David of Scotland brought French Tironesian monks across to neighbouring Kelso Abbey supposedly to make it harder for Durham to claim superiority over them. Likewise French monks were brought to Jedburgh from Baeuvais (spelling). I don't have any knowledge about the abbeys actually being built by the French though. I think the Scots were perfectly capable!
Did you honestly watch this clip expecting to hear a Ghost!?
I ask you...
SecretScotlandTours 2 years ago
There's no mason like a Scottish mason! Great stuff!
wboquist 3 years ago
@wboquist Did French masons not build the abbey?
BillDFC 1 year ago
@BillDFC I can't swear to it, but I believe all of the masonry was executed by Scottish masons. I visited it many years ago (1987, I think), and I bought a book about it at the time. I think I would remember if I had read that it was not Scots, but French masons who built it. Do you know for certain that French masons were working in Scotland at the time the abbey was built?
wboquist 1 year ago
@wboquist No, I am not sure.
BillDFC 1 year ago
@wboquist King David of Scotland brought French Tironesian monks across to neighbouring Kelso Abbey supposedly to make it harder for Durham to claim superiority over them. Likewise French monks were brought to Jedburgh from Baeuvais (spelling). I don't have any knowledge about the abbeys actually being built by the French though. I think the Scots were perfectly capable!
gaconnochie 10 months ago
I didn't hear any bells.
sniff001 4 years ago
Of course it is, but you still watched it didn't you!
SecretScotlandTours 4 years ago