The historic church where the bones of King Robert the Bruce are interred is facing an £8m bill to repair and upgrade the building. The 950-year-old Abbey Church in Dunfermline is considered to ...

Robert I, born on 11 July 1274, was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329 at the age of 54. He led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.. A series of ...

A 3D model of Scottish king Robert the Bruce's head has been unveiled to mark the 750th anniversary of his birth. The reconstruction, which is on display at Dunfermline Abbey, is described as the ...

A consultation has been launched to help safeguard the future of a historic abbey that contains the bones of King Robert the Bruce amid an “eye-watering” projected £8 million in development ...

Robert Bruce was king of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329 aged 50 ... The skull was excavated from Dunfermline Abbey in Fife between 1818 and 1819.

The Apse of St Conan's Kirk, Loch Awe (Image: staff). The kirk also shares a part of its history with Dunfermline Abbey. In a huge effigy, it claims to hold a ‘bone fragment’ from King Robert ...

Historians unveil a digitally-reconstructed image of the face of Scottish king Robert the Bruce nearly 700 years after his death.

Melrose suffered repeatedly. It was sacked by Edward II’s army in 1322; Robert the Bruce helped with the rebuilding and ordered that his heart should be buried there (the rest of his body joined the ...

Robert the Bruce died on June 7, 1329, just a month before his 55th birthday. The cause of his death has been a source of much discussion, and disagreement, but most modern scholars believe that ...

The 950-year-old Abbey Church in Dunfermline, where the king is interred, ... The parapet marking King Robert the Bruce at the Abbey Church of Dunfermline. Published. 12 February 2025.

Dr MacGregor added: "It is fitting that Dunfermline Abbey, where Robert Bruce was buried in 1329, should host an exhibition which brings us face-to-face with Scotland's greatest monarch." ...

A 3D model of Scottish king Robert the Bruce's head has been unveiled to mark the 750th anniversary of his birth. The reconstruction, which is on display at Dunfermline Abbey, is described as the ...