Abbey St Bathans

Abbey St Bathans is a community and parish in the Lammermuir district of Berwickshire, in the eastern part of the Scottish Borders. Unique in its topography, a long winding steep wooded valley that follows the Whiteadder Water.

Although its name suggests a larger foundation, Abbey St Bathans was originally a priory of Cistercian Nuns. It was sanctified and then used as a retreat by the sisters who formed the community at Haddington and at Nunraw, under the patronage of Ada, Countess of Dunbar and her husband Patrick, Earl of Dunbar.