Sweetheart Abbey

Never an abbey in the world could have a foundation based on love between a woman and her husband, that the name of this institution Cistercian, in the village of New Abbey in the Scottish Borders today in ruins. Some ruins with a special history. In the year 1268, Lord John Balliol died. His widow, Lady Devorgilla Galloway, sent an embalm of his heart and put it in a chest, having it close to her and from that moment on behalf of her husband offered shelter and food to the poor. In 1273, this lady financed the foundation of this abbey honor the couple is named and land nearby where they both lived happily.