investigated by AOC archaeology in Leith and contained a still recognisable human heart in a thick black liquor. As there are no records of anyone else's heart being buried at Melrose it was presumed to be that of Robert the Bruce. The container was reburied at Melrose Abbey on 22 June 1998 under a memorial stone. There is no way to prove conclusively whether the heart belonged to King Robert. There is no record of any other heart being buried on the site; however, the Chapter House would be an unusual location for a king's heart to be buried: most high-status burials would have happened next to the altar. Description The abbey is laid out on a traditional east–west axis. The west section is almost wholly absent other than its foundations. The eastern section is more intact. A graveyard serving the local community lies to the south and southeast of the abbey. The majority of stones date from the 19th century. The abbey is the only Scottish abbey to still retain some of its original floor tiles. The northern cloisters are equally erased to foundation level. Abbots Eata first abbot, a pupil of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne. Richard was abbot in 1473. Robert was abbot in 1519. Thomas Ker was abbot in 1524. William Ker commendator (died before 31 July 1566). Michael Balfour commendator in 1568. James Douglas, abbot and commendator from 1 May 1569 to 9 December 1606. Gallery Burials Jocelin (Bishop of Glasgow) Waltheof of Melrose William de Bondington – Bishop of Glasgow William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas Philip de Valognes, Chamberlain of Scotland Alexander II of Scotland Alexander Ormiston Curle Sir Brian Layton Sir David Brewster (1781–1868), inventor of the Kaleidoscope Walter, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Mary, Duchess of Buccleuch John, 9th Duke of Buccleuch Tributes Sir Walter Scott described Melrose Abbey in one of his poems, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto Second". A Presbyterian congregation in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has built what may be the last Gothic cathedral in the U.S. and patterned it after Melrose Abbey. The church, Kirk in the Hills, completed in 1958, is located on a lakeside setting north of Detroit. The abbey was built in the video game Minecraft by 4J Studios in 2015. The build was featured one of the game's official tutorial worlds (TU31), the