Romanesque doorway which gave access from the west
range into the Cloister. Above the doorway are a later addition,
14th century, of two shields representing the Douglas Arms (a heart
and three stars) with a niche for a statue. Archibald, earl of
Douglas, known as ‘Archibald the Grim’ or ‘Black Archibald’ became
the Abbey's patron during the 14th century. He was said to have done
so much for the abbey that he was regarded as Sweetheart’s second
founder. Cistercian Abbey at Sweetheart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
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