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Beauly Priory

Beauly, Scotland

These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.  

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The ruined abbey of the obscure Valliscaulian Order of monks from France rests in the midst of a picturesque town.

Over the last few centuries, the ruins have become a cemetery housing a strange mix of eras.

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