The casket was reburied but in 1996, it was removed again from beneath the Chapter House floor and examined once more. Melrose Abbey. The ruins of the Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders are as eerie as they are beautiful. He was a loyal friend of Robert the Bruce who, on Bruce’s deathbed in 1329, agreed to take his heart on Crusade and fulfil a pledge which Bruce was now unable to do. But it is reasonable to assume that it is". One of the things we promised ourselves we would do when we moved to Spain was drive around the countryside. In 1921, during excavations beneath the Chapter House at Melrose Abbey, a conical leaden casket was discovered. After suffering a stroke and on his deathbed, the great fourteenth century warrior king knew he would be unable to fulfill his solemn vow to go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Sir James Douglas is said to have taken Bruce's heart in a casket with him to Spain in 1330 but, in a battle against the Moors, Douglas was killed. Thanks to its hill-top castle, it is a landmark for travellers for miles around and can be clearly seen from the Easyjet flight as it turns left over the lake at Fuente de Piedra and heads coastwards to Malaga airport.Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It was pitted but otherwise in good condition. Historic Scotland said "It is not possible to prove absolutely that it is Bruce's heart. The Heart of Robert the Bruce.

The Heart of Robert the Bruce Robert the Bruce , the greatest of Scotland's Kings, died on 7th June, 1329 at the manor of Cardross, Dunbartonshire and was interred at Dunfermline Abbey . Sir James, together with said heart in box, travelled south and arrived at Teba during the Reconquista when the Christians recovered al-Andaluz from the Muslim kingdoms.

Bruce's body was buried in Dunfermline Abbey and when it was exhumed in 1818 it was found that his ribs had been sawn through, indicating that his heart had indeed been taken from his body.

Built in the 12th-century, it was used as a monastery and later a church well into the 1800s. Sir William Keith brought Bruce's heart back to Scotland and it was buried in Melrose Abbey.

Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! His heart was removed and taken on the Crusades by the Black Douglas (Sir James), who, just before he was killed in Moorish Spain, hurled it at the enemy. It was carried by Sir James Douglas, who was killed in battle with the Moors in Spain. So when the morning dawned chilly and grey, we decided it was time to drive to Teba, a hill town in the sierra north-east of Ronda. The heart was recovered and taken back to Melrose Abbey where the new king, David II (Bruce's son), had asked for it to be buried. Sir James Douglas is said to have taken Bruce's heart in a casket with him to Spain in 1330 but, in a battle against the Moors, Douglas was killed. It measured 10 inches high and was 4 inches in diameter at the base but tapering towards the top (see illustration above, right).

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