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Sir Walter Scott's Grave

Dryburgh Abbey, Scottish Borders

The great writer, buried in the ruins of an abbey.

Sir Walter Scott, author of 'Ivanhoe' and 'Rob Roy', was buried in the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey in 1832. On the way, his funeral procession is said to have stopped at his favourite viewpoint, where his horses halted by themselves.

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When
1832
Where
55.5770, -2.6500
Group
Mysterious graves

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