Spynie Palace, also known as Spynie Castle, was the fortified seat of the Bishops of Moray for about 500 years in Spynie, Moray, Scotland. The founding...
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a small hamlet and civil parish. It is the location of the ruins of Spynie Palace, which was the principal residence of the Bishops of Moray between the...
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trace of the church can now be seen, but its graveyard remains near Spynie Palace, and its site is occupied by two burial vaults, with a cross marking...
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Palace – former palace of the Scottish monarchs Scone Palace – seat of the Earl of Mansfield Seton Palace – former seat of the Earl of Winton Spynie Palace...
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Stroud, 2001. ISBN 0-7524-1991-9 [Oram,Kings and Queens] Simpson, W D: The Palace of the Bishops of Moray at Spynie, Elgin, 1927 [Simpson, Spynie Palace]...
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Loch Spynie is a small loch located between the towns of Elgin and Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. Close to Spynie Palace, the ancient home of the bishops...
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Kinneddar (category Episcopal palaces in Scotland)
into the larger barony of Spynie, with stone from the palace being used to build Spynie Palace. The Kirk of Kinneddar became redundant when its parish...
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siege to the fortified Spynie Palace forcing Bishop John Guthrie to surrender to his forces. This marked the end of Spynie Palace as a seat of power, which...
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Kinneddar and as late as Bishop Andreas de Moravia at Spynie, where the bishops continued to maintain a palace. The Bishopric's links with Rome ceased to exist...
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the Duke of Orkney (as Bothwell was now) went to Huntly Castle and Spynie Palace. He took ship from Aberdeen to Shetland, where he was helped by Olave...
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