one for version 1.8. Tourism The abbey is part of five other abbeys and historic sights through Scotland on Borders Abbeys Way walk. In 2019 the site received 61,325 visitors. A report in February 2023 stated that "conservation work means that the church itself is closed off to visitors, but the cloisters, museum and gardens are still open". See also Abbot of Melrose, for a list of abbots and commendators List of religious houses in Scotland List of places in the Scottish Borders List of places in Scotland References External links The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 290, Saturday, December 29, 1827, available from Project Gutenberg Engraving of Melrose Abbey by James Fittler in the digitised copy of Scotia Depicta, or the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, towns and picturesque scenery of Scotland, 1804 at National Library of Scotland Buildings and structures completed in 1146 Christian monasteries established in the 12th century Ruins in the Scottish Borders Cistercian monasteries in Scotland Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Scottish Borders Wars of Scottish Independence Religious organizations established in 1136 1609 disestablishments in Scotland Museums in the Scottish Borders Religious museums in Scotland 1146 establishments in Scotland Tourist attractions in the Scottish Borders Ruined abbeys and monasteries Historic Scotland properties in the Scottish Borders Burial sites of the House of Balliol Melrose, Scottish Borders Ruined abbeys in the Scottish Borders