Today, Pluscarden has a community of 15 Benedictine monks, some of whom hail from Nigeria, Australia, East Africa, Poland, England, and New Zealand. The abbey still receives vocational applications.

Pluscarden Abbey, at Elgin in Moray — the nearest town is Inverness — was founded by Benedictine monks from Val-des-Choux, Burgundy, in the 13th century.As you read this, teams of young ...

Tucked in a quiet Moray glen, 13th century Pluscarden Abbey is Britain’s only medieval monastery still inhabited by monks.

Located in a quiet glen near Elgin in the Moray region of Scotland, Pluscarden Abbey stands as a significant historical and religious site. Founded in the 13th century, it holds a unique ...