Arbroath Abbey

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Arbroath Abbey
Abbey Street
Arbroath
DD11 1EG

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National Grid reference: NO 643 413

Telephone: 01241 878 756

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There is a small, tarmac-surface parking area on a slight incline. Please be aware that parking is very limited. There are six parking spaces, one of which is a marked accessible bay.

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Opening times

The abbey grounds and visitor centre (exhibition, shop and toilets) are open.

Due to access restrictions in place as a precautionary measure while we undertake high level masonry inspections, the internal spaces of the abbey remain closed.

1 Apr to 30 Sept:
Daily, 10am to 4.30pm (last entry 4pm).

1 Oct to 31 Mar:
Daily except Tues and Wed, 10am to 4pm (last entry 3.15pm).

Closed for lunch 12.30pm to 1.30pm.

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Facilities

Interior of a museum with a range of pictish stones on display.

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St Vigeans Stones and Museum
A tall but narrow roundtower reaching into the sky next to a traditional church tower

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Brechin Cathedral Round Tower
A solitary wall, all that remains of Maison Dieu

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Maison Dieu Chapel, Brechin
A series of stone walls, partly filled in with soil and covered in grass. Fields in the background.

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Carlungie Earth House
Several stone lined ditches that once used to be the cellar of a round house

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Ardestie Earth House
Aberlmeno Sculptured Stone with a low stone wall and a grassy plane in the background

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Aberlemno Sculptured Stones
A celtic cross in front of a small stone house

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Lindsay Burial Aisle
A general view of the tower house at Edzell Castle.

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Edzell Castle and Garden
Interior of a museum with a range of pictish stones on display.

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St Vigeans Stones and Museum
A tall but narrow roundtower reaching into the sky next to a traditional church tower

Find out more

Brechin Cathedral Round Tower
A solitary wall, all that remains of Maison Dieu

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Maison Dieu Chapel, Brechin
A series of stone walls, partly filled in with soil and covered in grass. Fields in the background.

Find out more

Carlungie Earth House
Several stone lined ditches that once used to be the cellar of a round house

Find out more

Ardestie Earth House
Aberlmeno Sculptured Stone with a low stone wall and a grassy plane in the background

Find out more

Aberlemno Sculptured Stones
A celtic cross in front of a small stone house

Find out more

Lindsay Burial Aisle
A general view of the tower house at Edzell Castle.

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Edzell Castle and Garden

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