Stone Carvings and Burial Slabs at Abandoned Saddell Abbey

Saddell Abbey, a ruined Cistercian monastery in western Scotland, was established in 1160 by Somerled. His son Ragnall completed the construction a few years later. The original layout of the abbey included a church and three adjoining buildings grouped around a cloister. Today, little remains of the original abbey structures, except for an assemblage of stone walls surrounded by a burial ground, which represents the north transept and nave of the original church. Saddell Abbey is widely known for its collection of stone carvings and burial slabs. On display under a special shelter at the entrance to the abbey site are a cross, six grave slabs, and five effigies, all constructed between the 14th and 16th centuries. Saddell Abbey was abandoned by the late 15th century.

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