Place of worship
Holyrood Abbey
Roofless medieval nave founded after a hunting-day brush with a white stag, with royal wedding feasts once held under its stone.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh opens with King David the First skipping a sacred feast in 1127 to go hunting near Edinburgh Castle, and the accident that became the abbey's founding legend. It follows the nave through centuries of royal appetite, including the 1469 wedding of James the Third and the 1503 marriage of James the Fourth to Margaret Tudor beneath its roof. A monks' refectory next door was later turned over to royal banquets and masked tournaments.
This audio guide was created using AI.