The layout of buildings within an abbey complex often follows a common pattern.Essential to the pattern is the abbey church, with a cloistered quadrant adjacent to it. Surrounding the quadrant on the remaining three sides are buildings housing a refectory and kitchens, a dormitory, and a chapter house. Other buildings within the complex might include an abbot's house and a hostel for visiting pilgrims.
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There has been a monastery at Melrose, or Mailros, since about 650AD. The first monastery was founded here by St Aidan of Lindisfarne and monks came from St Columba's monastery on Iona. This monastery was located in a loop in the River Tweed two miles to the east of today's Melrose, now known as Old Melrose.
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