After years of illness Bruce dies. Theories about the cause of his sickness range from leprosy to syphilis. His body is interred at Dunfermline Abbey after his heart is removed in accordance with ...
A year later, Bruce died. Bruces body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey, whilst his heart is at Melrose Abbey in the borders. It is buried with the inscription – "A noble hart may haiff nane es ...
Historians have long debated whether Robert the Bruce suffered from leprosy ... in a tomb discovered within the ruins of Dunfermline Abbey in 1818.” The head of the model is dressed in a ...