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{{short description|None}} {{redirect|Scottish abbey|the monastery in Vienna|Schottenstift}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} '''List of monastic houses in Scotland''' is a catalogue of the [[abbey]]s, [[priory|priories]], [[friary|friaries]] and other monastic religious houses of Scotland. In this article [[alien house]]s are included, as are smaller establishments such as [[Monastic cell|cell]]s and notable [[monastic grange]]s (particularly those with resident monks). The numerous [[Hospitals in medieval Scotland|monastic hospital]]s ''per se'' are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have, the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or [[preceptory]]/[[Commandery (feudalism)|commandery]]. The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from details provided by the [[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland]] (RCAHMS)<sup>[http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204122032/http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/highlightacp3.html |date=4 December 2008 }}</sup> and [[Ordnance Survey of Great Britain|Ordnance Survey]] publications. {{TOC right}} ==Overview== === Article layout === The list is presented alphabetically by [[council areas|council area]]. Foundations are listed alphabetically within each area. {{Scotland Regions Labelled Map|hash=#}} '''Communities/provenance''': shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as having been established as well as the fate of the establishment after [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|dissolution]], and the current status of the site. '''Formal name or dedication''': shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known. '''Alternative names''': some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching, such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided. ==Abbreviations and key== {| class="wikitable" |+ The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus: |- ! * | indicates the current monastic function |- ! <sup>+</sup> | indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) |- ! ^ | indicates current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) |- ! <sup>$</sup> | indicates remains limited to earthworks etc. |- ! <sup>#</sup> | indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |- ! <sup>~</sup> | indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown |} Locations with names in ''italics'' indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented. {|class="wikitable" |+ Trusteeship denoted as follows: |- |HES | [[Historic Environment Scotland]] |- | NTS | [[National Trust for Scotland]] |- |CS |[[Church of Scotland]] |} Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as having been established as well as the fate of the establishment after [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|dissolution]], and the current status of the site. Formal name or dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known. Alternative names: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching, such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided. == List of establishments by county/region == {{geoGroup}} ===Aberdeen=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Aberdeen Central |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Aberdeen |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeen Central|lat=57.1494178|long=-2.0966506|label= Greyfriars|label_size=75|label_width=14|mark red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeen Central|lat=57.1455183|long=-2.0991075|label= Redfriars|label_size=75|label_width=14|mark red pog.svg| position=left}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeen Central|lat=57.1454601|long=-2.096318|label= Whitefriars|label_size=75|label_width=14|mark red pog.svg| position=right}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Aberdeen Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded between 1230 and 1249, purportedly by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]];<br />destroyed by Reformers 4 January 1560;<br />secularised between 1560 and 1587; granted to George, Earl Marischal 17 May 1587;<br />site currently occupied by Robert Gordon's College, Schoolhill - see Parson Gordon's 1661 map showing "Blackfreers". |[[St John the Baptist]] | |- valign=top |Aberdeen Greyfriars | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded 1469;<br />secularised 29 December 1559; friars resigned entire possession over to the Town Council;<br />granted to the Town Council by [[James VI and I|James VI]] 30 December 1567 for conversion into a hospital;<br />extant buildings passed to George, Earl Marischal 22 September 1593;<br />church became derelict until 1624;<br />restored 1624 by the citizens; in parochial use until 1903 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/20146/details/aberdeen+greyfriars+church/ Site Record for Aberdeen, Greyfriars Church Marischal College; Grey Friar's Monastery; Aberdeen, Franciscan Friary Details]</ref><br /> {{coord|57.1494178|-2.0966506|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Aberdeen Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |Aberdeen Monastery | |'''Benedictine monks'''<br />supposed establishment;<br />founded before 3 April 1231, when [[Pope Gregory IX|the Pope]] granted the use of the church of Culdedono to the abbot and convent 'de Aberdona';<br />''possibly no monastic foundation here'' | | |- valign=top |''Aberdeen Nunnery'' | |purported '''nuns''' ''of unspecified order'' β ''no evidence of such a foundation'' |St Catherine | |- valign=top |''Aberdeen Preceptory'' |colspan=4|property of Knights Templars, '' 'convent and church' are fictitious'' |- valign=top |Aberdeen Red Friars | |'''Trinitarians'''<br />founded before 1274 (1181<ref group="note" name="AberdeenRedFriars">Aberdeen Red Friars β foundation date 1181 given by Father R. A. Hay, ''Scotia Sacre'' (MS.34.1.18 in the National Library of Scotland), p.70</ref>); ([[William the Lion]] reputedly granted his royal residence in Aberdeen to two red friars 1211);<br />secularised 1561 |The Church of [[the Holy Trinity]], [[Aberdeen]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/20163/details/aberdeen+trinitarian+monastery/ Site Record for Aberdeen, Trinitarian Monastery Trinity Friars' Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.1454601|-2.096318|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Aberdeen Red Friars}} |- valign=top |Aberdeen Whitefriars |[[File:The Green - geograph.org.uk - 833545.jpg|150px]] |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded c. 1273: grant made by [[Reginald Cheyne|Reginald le Chen]];<br />dissolved 1560-83;<br />passed through several ownerships, eventually granted to the Town Council by [[James VI and I|James VI]] 26 October 1583 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/20171/details/aberdeen+carmelite+friary/ Site Record for Aberdeen, Carmelite Friary 12 St Martin's Lane; 2-12 Rennie's Wynd; The Green; Carmelite Monastery Details]</ref><br /> <ref name='IA'>{{cite journal |author1=Alison Cameron |author2=Judith A. Stones |author3=Chris Croly |title=Excavations at Aberdeen's Carmelite Friary, 1980-1994 |journal=[[Internet Archaeology]] |volume=52 |issue=52 |date=2019 |doi=10.11141/ia.52.1 |doi-access=free }}</ref> <br />{{coord|57.1455183|-2.0991075|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Aberdeen Whitefriars}} |} {{go to top}} ===Aberdeenshire=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Aberdeenshire |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Aberdeenshire |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeenshire|lat=57.6541202|long=-2.536212|label= Banff Whitefriars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Banff Whitefriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeenshire|lat=57.2785491|long=-2.9041648|label= Clova Monastery|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Clova Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeenshire|lat=57.523333|long=-2.054028|label= Deer Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Deer Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeenshire|lat=57.4296817|long=-2.3931742|label_size=75|label= Fyvie Prioy}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeenshire|lat=57.227149|long=-2.5224674|label_size=75|label=Monymusk Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Aberdeenshire|lat=57.5377583|long=-2.465567|label_size=75|position=left|label=Turriff Monastery}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities and provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication and ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|References and location |- valign=top |Aberdour Monastery | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />traditionally founded by [[Columba|Colum Cille]] and Drostan mac Coscrach, his disciple β ''provenance doubtful'' | | |- valign=top |Aberdour Priory | |'''Franciscan nuns'''<br />founded 1548 by James, Earl of Morton;<br />secularised 1560, leased to Earl of Morton 18 August 1560 |''Aberdene Priory'' (erroneous{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}) | |- valign=top |Aboyne Preceptory | |'''Knights Templar'''<br />church granted by Walter Byset, confirmed by Ralph, Bishop of Aberdeen β ''supposed house'' | | |- valign=top |Banff Greyfriars | |supposed '''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />convent; ''confusion with Carmelite house''<ref group="note" name="BanffGreyfriars">Banff Greyfriars β ''Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff'' (Spalding Club, 1843), p.205</ref> |St John | |- valign=top |Banff Whitefriars | |'''[[Carmelite Friars]]'''<br />founded 1321-4, chapel of Our Lady granted by [[Robert I of Scotland|Robert I]] 21 April 1321, confirmed by him 1 August 1323;<br />burned 20 July 1559;<br />dissolved or secularised 1574, granted to [[King's College, Aberdeen]] by [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]] 10 September 1574 |''Priory of Bethlem of ye ordour of Carmelits beside Banff'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/18468/details/duff+house+mausoleum+and+st+mary+s+well/ Site Record for Duff House, Mausoleum And St Mary's Well Carmelite Monastery; Our Lady Chapel; St Mary's Chapel; Duff House Estate; Duff House Policies Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.6541202|-2.536212|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Banff Whitefriars}} |- valign=top |''Buchan Priory'' | |''grant'' to the canons of St James's, Buchan by [[Pope Honorius III|the Pope]] 18 October 1221 - ''no known house or churches held by regular canons in Buchan, Aberdeenshire - possibly erroneous reference to a location outside Scotland'' | | |- valign=top |[[Clova Monastery]] | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />dependent on Mortlach;<br />founded before 1157 by St Moluag, reference in [[papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Adrian IV|Adrian IV]] who confirmed it to the Bishop of Aberdeen |''Clovett Monastery'';<br />''St Luke's Chapel'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/17232/details/clova+st+luke+s+chapel+and+well/ Site Record for Clova, St Luke's Chapel And Well Sammiluak's Chapel; Monastery Of Clovett Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.2785491|-2.9041648|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Clova Monastery}} |- valign=top |[[Deer Abbey]] |[[File:Deer Abbey 20110520 from southeast.jpg|150px]] |'''Celtic monks'''<br />traditionally founded 6th C by [[Columba|Colum Cille]] β '' provenance unreliable''<br />'''Cistercian monks'''<br />daughter house of [[Kinloss Abbey|Kinloss]]<br />founded 1214/19 by William Comyn, Earl of Buchan;<br />dissolved 1560; erected to a temporal lordship for Robert Keith, becoming [[Lord Altrie]], (charter 1587); ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Deer Abbey|Deer]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/20582/details/deer+abbey/ Site Record for Deer Abbey Old Deer Abbey; Cistercian Abbey Of Deer Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57|31|24|N|2|3|14.5|W|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Deer Abbey}} |- valign=top |''Drumtochty Whitefriars'' |colspan=4|lands granted to the Carmelite Friars of Aberdeen 1403; ''supposed foundation β no house existed'' |- valign=top |''Dunet Red Friars'' | |purported '''Trinitarians'''<br />allegedly founded 1297 β ''supposed house β probably fictitious'' |''Dumeni'';<br />''Dunetum'';<br />''Dumenum'' | |- valign=top |Ecclesgreig Monastery | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />church of Ecclesgyrg granted to [[St Andrews Cathedral|St Andrews]] by [[Richard the Chaplain|Richard]], [[Bishop of St Andrews]], confirmed to St Andrews by [[William the Lion]] between 1189 and 1195 | | |- valign=top |''Forvie Preceptory'' | |'''''[[Knights Templar]]''''' β King's College described as a former Templars' house<ref group="note" name="ForviePreceptory">Forvie Preceptory: ''Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff'' (Spalding Club, 1843), p.217</ref> | | |- valign=top |[[Fyvie Priory]] | |'''[[Tironensian monk]]s'''<br />dependent on [[Arbroath Abbey|Arbroath]];<br />founded in or before 1285, granted to Arbroath by Reginald le Chen (Cheyne); (asserted foundation 1179 by Fergus, [[Earl of Buchan]] likely to be confusion with parish church foundation);<br />united with Arbroath by [[Pope Pius II|the Pope]] 21 August 1459 on petition of the abbot and convent of Arbroath;<br />''dissolution unknown'', possibly survived to the Reformation |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|The Blessed Virgin Mary]] and All Saints, [[Fyvie]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/19069/details/fyvie+priory+and+priory+cross/ Site Record for Fyvie, Priory And Priory Cross Fivue Priory; Fyvie Priory Cross Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.4296817|-2.3931742|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Fyvie Priory}} |- valign=top |Kennethmont Cell | |'''monks''' ''of unspecified order'' β purported cell burned down at the Reformation; purported collegiate foundation;<br />parish church, ''no evidence of monastic foundation'' | | |- valign=top |[[Monymusk Priory]] | |[[Culdees]]<br />founded 1138;<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />refounded c. 1245;<br />dissolved 1617 |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[John the Apostle|Saint John]], [[Monymusk]]<br />____________________<br />erroneously ''Monymaill in Fyfe'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/18053/details/monymusk+priory/ Site Record for Monymusk Priory Priory Of Monymusk Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.monymusk.com/index.asp?subsec=6 Monymusk.com - History Index : The Priory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011142109/http://www.monymusk.com/index.asp?subsec=6 |date=11 October 2007 }}</ref><br />{{coord|57.227149|-2.5224674|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Monymusk Priory}} |- valign=top |Mortlach Monastery | |traditional early site of the bishopric of Aberdeen | | |- valign=top |Tullich Preceptory | |'''Knights Templar'''<br />given as a residence of Templars,<ref group="note" name="TullichPreceptory">Tullich Preceptory β J. Spottiswoode, ''An account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation'' (included in R. Keith, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'' (Edinburgh, 1824)), p.435</ref> actually a parochial church held by the Templars and later the Hospitallers<ref group="note" name="TullichPreceptory1">Tullich Preceptory β ''Templaria: Papers relative to the history, privileges and possessions of the Scottish Knights Templars, and their successors the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem'' (1828), pp.5,7; ''Abstracts of charters and other papers recorded in the chartulary of Torphichen from 1581 to 1596'' (Edinburgh, 1830), p.9</ref> | | |- valign=top |Turriff Monastery | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded before 1131;<br/>dissolved after c. 1150 |''St Congan's Church'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/19164/details/turriff+celtic+monastery/ Site Record for Turriff, 'Celtic Monastery' Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.5377583|-2.465567|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Turriff Monastery}} |} {{go to top}} ===Angus=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Angus |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Angus |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Angus|lat=56.5625|long=-2.582222|label_size=75|label=Arbroath Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Angus|lat=56.730732|long=-2.6615077|label_size=75|label=Brechin Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Angus|lat=56.4804939|long=-2.8211716|label_size=75|label=Monifieth Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Angus|lat=56.6532778|long=-2.846092|label_size=75|label=Restenneth Priory}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Arbroath Abbey]] |[[File:Arbroath Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 3180.jpg|150px]] |'''Tironensian monks''' β from Kelso<br />founded 1176 (1178) by [[William the Lion]];<br />church dedicated 8 May 1233;<br />church damaged by lightning 1380, monks removed temporarily to other locations during repairs;<br />mitred abbey 26 June 1396;<br />dissolved 1606 |The Abbey Church of [[Thomas Becket|Saint Thomas of Canterbury]], [[Arbroath Abbey|Arbroath]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/222123/details/arbroath+abbey+conventual+building/ Site Record for Arbroath Abbey, Conventual Building Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56|33|45|N|2|34|56|W|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Arbroath Abbey}} |- valign=top |Barry Red Friars | |purported '''Trinitarians'''<br />supposedly founded 1212 by [[William the Lion]],<ref group="note" name="BarryRedFriars">Barry Red Friars β Father R. A. Hay, ''Diplomatum Veterum Collectio''. (MS. 34-1.10 in the National Library of Scotland), iii, p.573</ref> built and endowed by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]] β ''supposed house β fictional'' |''domus Barensis'' | |- valign=top |[[Brechin Monastery]] |[[File:Brechin, Cathedral and Round Tower.jpg|150px]] |'''Culdees'''<br />probably founded before 975;<br />site now occupied by Brechin Cathedral, a congregation of the [[Church of Scotland]]. | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/35055/details/brechin+cathedral/ Site Record for Brechin Cathedral Brechin Parish Church; Brechin Round Tower; Round Tower, Brechin; Cathedral Of The See Of Brechin Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.730732|-2.6615077|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Brechin Monastery β now cathedral}} |- valign=top |Brechin Red Friars | |'''Trinitarians'''<br />purportedly founded 1256 by "Edward, Bishop of Brechin"<ref group="note" name="BrechinRedFriars">Brechin Red Friars β Father R. A. Hay, ''Diplomatum Veterum Collectio''. (MS. 34-1.10 in the National Library of Scotland), iii, p.579</ref> (no such bishop), or c. 1258 by [[David I of Scotland|David I]]<ref group="note" name="BrechinRedFriars1">Brechin Red Friars β Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1081</ref> β ''reliable evidence lacking'' | | |- valign=top |Brechin Whitefriars? | |supposed '''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded 1376 (in the tenure of Stephen Dempster, Bishop of Brechin) by Malcolm Dempster, Baron of Careston β ''supposed foundation β details unsubstantiated'' | | |- valign=top |Dundee Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded c. 1521, benefactions by Andrew Abercromby, Burgess of Dundee; (charters 4 September 1315, 1345 and 1388 not considered authentic);<br />petition to the pope by Scottish provincial 16 September 1517 to establish the house; sacked by mob August 1543; probably destroyed November 1548 when the English burned the town |''dedication unknown'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/33501/details/dundee+barrack+street+dominican+monastery/ Site Record for Dundee, Barrack Street, Dominican Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.4608611|-2.9737222|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dundee Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Dundee Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />founded before 1289 by Devorgilla;<ref group="note" name="DundeeGreyfriars">Dundee Greyfriars β foundation: ''Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon cum Supplementis et Continuatione Walteri Boweri'', ed. Goodall (Edinburgh, 1759): lib. viii, cap. xxv; ''ibid'', i, 474; J. Spottiswoode, ''An account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation'' (included in R. Keith, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'' (Edinburgh, 1824)), p.489</ref><br />built before 1296;<ref group="note" name="DundeeGreyriars1">Dundee Greyfriars β date of building: ''Documents Illustrative of the History of Scotland 1286-1306'', ed. J. Stevenson (Edinburgh, 1870), ii, no.484</ref><br />dissolved or secularised c. 1560 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/33459/details/dundee+the+houff+franciscan+friary/ Site Record for Dundee, The Houff, Franciscan Friary Greyfriars' Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.4610849|-2.9727888|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dundee Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |Dundee Priory | |'''Franciscan nuns'''<br />founded 1501/2 by James Fotheringham (spurious charter of grant by James Graham of Fintry and Claverhouse);<br />secularised 1560, the Magistrates of Dundee confirmed in possession 14 April 1567 | | |- valign=top |''Dundee Red Friars'' | |purported '''''Trinitarians'''''<br />purportedly founded 1283 by Sir James Scrymgeour; ''probably hospital β reference to monastic house probably erroneous'' | | |- valign=top |''Kettins Red Friars'' |colspan=2|purported '''Trinitarians'''<br />parish church appropriated to hospital of bridge of Berwick, and thereafter to the Trinitarians β ''no Trinitarian house'' |''Katnes'';<br />''Ketnes'' | |- valign=top |[[Monifieth Monastery]] | |'''Culdees'''<br />founded 12thC;<br />secularised by c. 1220: land granted to Nicholas, witness to charters of Countess Matilda, by Earl Malcolm c. 1220;<br />land granted to Arbroath 1242-3 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/33407/details/dundee+monifieth+st+regulus+church+and+burial+ground/ Site Record for Dundee, Monifieth, St Regulus' Church And Burial-Ground Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.4804939|-2.8211716|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Monifieth Monastery}} |- valign=top |[[Restenneth Priory]] |[[File:Restenneth 1.JPG|150px]] |possible early foundation built c. 710 at the instance of Nechtan, King of the Picts;<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />founded between 1161 and 1162, St Peter's church granted to Jedburgh by [[Malcolm IV of Scotland|Malcolm IV]];<br />dissolved or secularised 1606 |St Peter<br />____________________<br />''Restennet Priory'';<br />''Rostin Priory'';<br />''Rostinoth Priory'';<br />''Roslin Priory'' (erroneous reference) |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/33745/details/restenneth+priory/ Site Record for Restenneth Priory Strathmore Estate Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.6532778|-2.846092|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Restenneth Priory}} |} The following location in Angus has no monastic connection: *Rossie Priory: mansion, built 1807 [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Argyll & Bute=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Argyll and Bute |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Argyll & Bute |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=56.4630269|long=-5.2938706|label_size=75|label=Ardchattan Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=55.6350576|long=-5.7495447|label_size=75|position=left|label=''Cara Red Friars - purported''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=56.1788498|long=-5.4024429|label_size=75|label=Cella Diuni}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=56.333967|long=-6.393249|label_size=75|label=Iona Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=56.3305232|long=-6.3932168|label_size=75|position=left|label=Iona Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=55.7368348|long=-5.0360084|label_size=75|label=Kingarth Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=56.019902|long=-6.25467|label_size=75|label=Oronsay Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=55.532163|long=-5.5111939|label_size=75|label=Saddell Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Argyll and Bute|lat=56.5002062|long=-6.9093651|label_size=75|label=Tiree Monastery}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Artchain Monastery, <br /> Tiree | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded 6thC? by Findchan, contemporary of Colum Cille | | |- valign=top |[[Ardchattan Priory]] |[[File:Ardchattan Priory 20080428 choir.jpg|150px]] |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded by Findchan;<br />'''Valliscaulian monks''' β from [[Valliscaulian Order|Val des Choux]]<br />founded 1230/1;<br />part of church in parochial use to 1722;<br />site now largely occupied by Victorian house; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Priory Church of [[St John the Baptist|Saint John the Baptist]], [[Ardchattan]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23259/details/ardchattan+priory/ Site Record for Ardchattan Priory Ardchattan Priory Church; Ardchattan House Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.4630269|-5.2938706|region:GB_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Ardchattan Priory}} |- valign=top |Bledach Monastery, <br /> Tiree | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded before 577 by [[Brendan the Navigator|Brendan]], founder abbot of Clonfert | | |- valign=top |''Cara Red Friars'' | |purported '''''Trinitarians'''''<br />asserted cell;<br />chapel only'', no Trinitarian foundation'' |''St Fionnlugh's Chapel'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/38592/digital_images/cara+st+fionnlugh+s+chapel/?&sort_typ=description&sort_ord=asc Site Record for Cara, St Fionnlugh's Chapel St Finla's Digital_images]</ref><br />{{coord|55.6350576|-5.7495447|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Cara Red Friars}} |- valign=top |Cella Diuni, Loch Awe | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />possibly founded by Diun |''St Columba's Church'';<br />''Kilneuair'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/22788/details/kilneuair+st+columba+s+church+and+churchyard/ Site Record for Kilneuair, St Columba's Church And Churchyard St Columba's Chapel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.1788498|-5.4024429|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Cella Diuni}} |- valign=top |''Colonsay Abbey'' | |'''''Augustinian Canons Regular'''''<br />asserted abbey; ''evidence of monastic house lacking'' | | |- valign=top |Garvellach Islands Monastery | |traditionally founded late-6thC by [[Brendan the Navigator|Brendan]], founder abbot of Clonfert;<br />probably on the island of Eileach an Naoimh |''Ailech Monastery''<br />''Eileach-an-Naoimh Monastery'' | |- valign=top |[[Hinba|Hinba Monastery]] | |'''Celtic monks'''<br /> founded before 597 by [[Columba|Colum Cille]], probably on the island of Jura |possibly ''Jura Monastery'' (''v. infra'') | |- valign=top |[[Inch Kenneth|Inchkenneth Monastery]] ? | |purported monastery β island in ownership of Iona Nunnery β ''evidence of parish church only'' | | |- valign=top |''[[Inchmarnock|Inchmarnock Monastery]]'' | |purported cell of '''monks''' β parish church only β island held by Crossraguel, exchanged with Saddell 17 January 1390/1 β ''no evidence of monastic foundation'' |''Inchmernock'' | |- valign=top |''Inishail Priory'' | |supposed '''Cistercian nuns'''<br />remains of a building purportedly a nunnery;<br />purportedly granted to Hay, Abbot of Inchaffray<br />actually a parochial church appropriated by Inchaffray β ''supposed priory fictitious'' | | |- valign=top |[[Iona Abbey]] <sup>+</sup> |[[File:IonaAbbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded c. 565 by Colum Cille;<br />plundered by the Norse 795 and 802;<br />'''Benedictine monks'''<br />[[abbey]] founded 1203;<br />dubiously conjectured to have been '''''Tironensian'''''<ref group="note" name="IonaAbbey">Iona Abbey β Tironensian: conjectured by W. F. Skene, ''Celtic Scotland'', Edinburgh (1867)</ref><br />dissolved 1587/8(?);<br />[[cathedral]], request made by the Crown to the Pope 1 April 1498 to establish a see pending the recovery of the see in the Isle of Man from the English, apparently unsuccessful, the monks holding the abbey ''in commendam'' from 1499; no evidence of a cathedral chapter being established;<br />now restored and in use as ecumenical Christian community;<br />([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/21664/details/iona+iona+abbey/ Site Record for Iona, Iona Abbey Iona, St Mary's Cathedral; St Mary's Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.333967|-6.393249|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Iona Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Iona Nunnery|Iona Priory]] |[[File:Iona Nunnery - church.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canonesses'''<br />founded before 1208, purportedly by [[Ragnall mac Somairle]] (Reginald, son of Somerled);<br />secularised after 1574, granted to Hector McLean of Duart; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |St Mary<br />____________________<br />''Iona Nunnery'' | {{coord|56.3305232|-6.3932168|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Iona Priory}} |- valign=top |Jura Monastery | |possibly Hinba Monastery |''Hinba Monastery''? (''v. supra'') | |- valign=top |''Kerrara Priory'' | |'''''Cistercian monks'''''<br />apparent intended foundation after 1292 ''never implemented'';<br />''no evidence of monastic foundation or occupation by monks on the island'' | | |- valign=top |[[Kingarth|Kingarth Monastery]] | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded 6thC, purportedly by St Blane; seat of bishopric; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |''Cinngrad Monastery'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/40292/details/bute+st+blane+s+church/ Site Record for Bute, St Blane's Church Kingarth; Saint Mary's Chapel, Saint Blane's Chapel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.7368348|-5.0360084|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Kingarth Monastery}} |- valign=top |Lismore Monastery | |founded before 592 by Lugaid or Moluag | | |- valign=top |Mag Luinge, Tiree | |founded before 597; probably at Soroby;<br />destroyed by fire 673;<br />restored | | |- valign=top |[[Oronsay Priory]] |[[File:Oransay Priory.JPG|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />founded before 1353 (1330), accredited to John, Lord of the Isles;<br />dissolved or secularised 1617, land granted to the Bishop of the Isles by [[James VI and I|James VI]] 15 February 1616 |The Priory Church of [[Odran of Iona|Saint Oran]], [[Oronsay, Colonsay|Oronsay]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/37822/details/oronsay+priory/ Site Record for Oronsay Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.019902|-6.25467|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Oronsay Priory}} |- valign=top |''Rothesay Abbey'' | |ruined church possibly referred to as St Mary's Abbey<ref group="note" name="RothesayAbbey">Rothesay Abbey: ''Ecclesiastical Architecture'', iii, p.418</ref> β ''evidently medieval parish church β no monastic foundation'' |'St Mary' | |- valign=top |[[Saddell Abbey]] |[[File:Saddell Abbey 20100928 north transept and choir.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks'''<br />daughter house of [[Mellifont Abbey|Mellifont]], [[List of abbeys and priories in Ireland#County Louth|Louth, Ireland]];<br />founded before 1207 by Reginald, son of Somerled, Lord of the Isles;<br />dissolved c. 1507; confirmed to the Bishop by [[James VI and I|James VI]] 1 January 1507 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/38866/details/saddell+abbey/ Site Record for Saddell Abbey Cistercian Saddell Abbey; Saddell Water; Allt Nam Manach Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.532163|-5.5111939|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Saddell Abbey}} |- valign=top |SgΓ²r Nam Ban-Naomha Monastery | | | | |- valign=top |Texa Cell | |purported '''monks'''' cell<ref group="note" name="TexaCell">Texa Cell β ''Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon cum Supplementis et Continuatione Walteri Boweri'', ed. Goodall (Edinburgh, 1759) lib. ii, cap x; i. p.45</ref><br />evidence of church β ''cell apocryphal'' |''Helentexa'' | |- valign=top |Tiree Monastery | |founded c. 564-565 by [[Comgall]], founder abbot of [[Bangor Abbey|Bangor]];<br />soon abandoned due to raids by the Picts | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/21427/details/tiree/ Site Record for Tiree Details]</ref><ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/21440/details/tiree/ Site Record for Tiree Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.5002062|-6.9093651|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Tiree Monastery}} |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Ayrshire=== ====East Ayrshire==== {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Mauchline Priory | |'''Cistercian monks'''<br />grange or 'cell' of [[Melrose Abbey|Melrose]]<br />founded 1165, purportedly by [[David I of Scotland|David I]] |The Priory Church of [[St Cuthbert|Saint Cuthbert]], Mauchline |<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townhistory471.html Historical perspective for Mauchline]</ref> |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ====North Ayrshire==== {{Location map+ |Scotland North Ayrshire |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in North Ayrshire |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland North Ayrshire|lat=55.612693|long=-4.6736814|label_size=75|label=Irvine Whitefriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland North Ayrshire|lat=55.6534215|long=-4.6986508|label_size=75|label=Kilwinning Abbey}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |''Fintray Priory'' | |supposed '''Tironensian monks''' house<br />built c. 1386, ''determined to be imaginary'' | | |- valign=top |Holy Island | |purported monastery traditionally founded by Ranald, King of the Isles and Argyll or Johne, Lorde of the iles (probably John of Islay); island possessed by Iona β ''no evidence of monastic foundation'' | | |- valign=top |Irvine Whitefriars | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />probably founded before 1293 by a Fullerton of Fullerton;<br />dissolved or secularised 1572; granted to the Royal School of Irvine by [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]] 8 June 1572 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/41956/details/irvine+fullarton/ Site Record for Irvine, Fullarton Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.612693|-4.6736814|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Irvine Whitefriars}} |- valign=top |[[Kilwinning Abbey]] |[[File:Kilwinning Abbey - 2 - April 2008.jpg|150px]] |'''Tironensian monks''' from [[Kelso Abbey|Kelso]]<br />founded between 1162 and 1189;<br />dissolved 1592 |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|the Blessed Virgin Mary]], and Saint Winning, [[Kilwinning]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/42113/details/kilwinning+abbey/ Site Record for Kilwinning Abbey Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.kilwinning.org/abbey/default.htm Kilwinning Abbey, Kilwinning]</ref><br />{{coord|55.6534215|-4.6986508|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Kilwinning Abbey}} |- valign=top |Kilwinning Convent | |Situated at [[Stanecastle]] and mentioned in several charters | | |- valign=top |Southannan Priory | |'''Franciscan nuns'''<br />spurious charter of William, Lord Semple;<br />purportedly reduced to ashes at the Reformation; ''supposed foundation β spurious provenance''; only chapel of St Anandi and graveyard chantry mentioned at the site | |<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-14311-ruin-of-old-abbey-southannan-fairlie-west Ruin of Old Abbey Southannan, Fairlie - West Kilbride - North Ayrshire - Scotland | British Listed Buildings]</ref> |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] =====[[North Ayrshire|Ayrshire, North]] non-Christian monasteries===== {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Holy Island Monastery | |[[Tibet]]an [[Buddhist]] | | |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ====South Ayrshire==== {{Location map+ |Scotland South Ayrshire |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in South Ayrshire |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland South Ayrshire|lat=55.4627865|long=-4.6287096|label_size=75|position=left|label=Ayr Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland South Ayrshire|lat=55.338825|long=-4.720992|label_size=75|label=Crossraguel Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland South Ayrshire|lat=55.4640151|long=-4.5964158|label_size=75|position=right|label=Dalmilling Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland South Ayrshire|lat=55.5260056|long=-4.5025063|label_size=75|label=Fail Monastery}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Ayr Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded before August 1242 (1230) by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]], who endowed the church;<br />leased by the Crown 4 June 1565; secularised 1567, granted to the Burgh of Ayr by charter of Queen Mary 14 April 1567;<br />demolished after the Reformation |The Friary Church of [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Katherine]], [[Ayr]] | |- valign=top |Ayr Greyfriars | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded 1474 (1472, or between 1488 and 1497), attributed to the citizens;<br />dissolved or secularised 1567; |St John the Baptist<br />____________________<br />''Auld Kirk of Ayr'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/41840/details/ayr+kirk+port+auld+kirk+of+ayr/ Site Record for Ayr, Kirk Port, Auld Kirk Of Ayr Kirkport, Old Parish Church; Church Of Scotland Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.4627865|-4.6287096|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Ayr Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |[[Crossraguel Abbey]] |[[File:Crossraguel Abbey - church.jpg|150px]] |'''Cluniac monks'''<br />oratory founded before 1214-16 (1244);<br />raised to abbey status, dependent on [[Paisley Abbey|Paisley]] from before 1270;<br />dissolved 1617; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Crossraguel]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/40830/details/crossraguel+abbey/ Site Record for Crossraguel Abbey Crossraguel; Corsregal, St Mary's Abbey Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_079&PropName=Crossraguel%20Abbey Historic Scotland - Crossraguel Abbey Property Detail]</ref><ref>[http://www.maybole.org/places/crossraguel/abbey.htm Crossraguel Abbey]</ref><ref>[http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/ayrshire/featured-sites/crossraguel-abbey.html Crossraguel Abbey | Mysterious Britain & Ireland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216140202/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/ayrshire/featured-sites/crossraguel-abbey.html |date=16 December 2008 }}</ref><br />{{coord|57.148603|-4.720992|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Crossraguel Abbey}} |- valign=top |Dalmilling Priory | |'''Gilbertine Canons''' and '''nuns''' β double house<br />founded 1219-28;<br />dissolved 1238 |''Dalmulin Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/41724/details/dalmilling/ Site Record for Dalmilling Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.338825|-4.5964158|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Dalmilling Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Fail Monastery]] |[[File:Fail Monastery, in1860.jpg|150px]] |'''Trinitarians'''<br />founded before 1335;<br />dissolved 1561 |St Mary<br />____________________<br />''Failford Abbey'';<br />''Fail Monastery, [[Tarbolton]]'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/42720/details/fail+monastery/ Site Record for Fail Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.5260056|-4.5025063|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Fail Monastery}} |- valign=top |''Fail Crutched Friars'' | |supposed '''''Crutched Friars'''''<br />''possible confusion with Trinitarian monastery'' |''Pful Friary'';<br />''Phall Friary'';<br />''Faill Friary'';<br />''Fayl in Scotia Friary'' | |- valign=top |''Fail Priory'' | |supposed '''''Cluniac monks'''''<br />''probable confusion with Trinitarian monastery'' |''Feale Monastery'' | |- valign=top |Kar Monastery | |'''Order of Vaudey''' β ''no record of monks residing here''; land granted to Melrose in perpetual lease 1223; (''alternatively given as located in Galloway'') | | |- valign=top |''Ladykirk Preceptory'' | |'''''Knights Templar'''''<br />secular chapel founded c. 1446 by John Blair β ''misleading references to preceptory'' |Our Lady Kirk of Kyle | |- valign=top |Lochfeal Red Friars |colspan=4|purported '''''Trinitarians''' β no such house'' |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Dumfries and Galloway=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway |width=600 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Dumfries & Galloway |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=55.0736777|long=-2.9410636|label_size=75|label=Canonbie Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=55.1004623|long=-3.639999|label_size=75|label_width=10|label=Dercongal Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=55.0675803|long=-3.6140836|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Dumfries Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=55.1004623|long=-3.639999|label_size=75|position=top|label=Dundrennan Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat= 54.889167|long=-4.831389|label_size=75|label=Glenluce Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=55.0413151|long=-3.3047605|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Hoddam Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=55.0845822| long=-3.6197805|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=left|label=Lincluden Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=54.8175028|long=-4.067452|format=dms|label_size=75|label=St Marys Isle Priory (Trahill Priory)}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=54.8871452|long=-4.9625319|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Soulseat Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=54.978889|long=-3.616389|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Sweetheart Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=54.8630151|long=-4.0300781|label_size=75|position=top|label=Tongland Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=54.7334919|long=-4.4174695|label_size=75|label=Whithorn Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Dumfries and Galloway|lat=54.867|long=-4.442|label_size=75|label=Wigtown Blackfriars}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Canonbie Priory]] |[[File:Canonbie Church.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />dependent on [[Jedburgh Abbey|Jedbugh]];<br />founded between before 1165 and 1170;<br />dissolved or secularised 1606 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/67847/details/canonbie+priory/ Site Record for Canonbie Priory Halgreen; 'House Of Liddel'; Park House Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.0736777|-2.9410636|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Canonbie Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Dercongal Abbey]] |[[File:Dercongal Abbeys Sketch.jpg|150px]] |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' β from [[Soulseat Abbey|Soulseat]]<br />founded before 1225, ''founder unknown'';<ref group="note" name="DercongalAbbey">Dercongal Abbey β Manuscript 33.2.12, National Library of Scotland, gives founder as Devorgilla, daughter of Alan of Galloway; evidently a confusion with Sweetheart Abbey</ref><br />dissolved or secularised 1609 | The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Holywood Abbey|Holywood]]<br />____________________<br />''Holywood Abbey'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/65500/details/holywood+abbey/ Site Record for Holywood Abbey Premonstratensian Abbey Of Holywood Or Dercongal Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.1004623|-3.639999|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dercongal Abbey}} |- valign=top |Dumfries Blackfriars | |supposed '''Dominican Friars'''<ref group="note" name="DumfriesBlackfriars">Dumfries Blackfriars β Manuscript 22<!-- -->.1.14, 153 f., National Library of Scotland</ref><ref group="note" name="DumfriesBlackfriars1">Dumfries Blackfriars β erroneous entry in J. Spottiswoode, ''History of the Church of Scotland'' (1677 Ed.) Appendix, p.16 (25)</ref><ref group="note" name="DumfriesBlackfriars2">Dumfries Blackfriars β erroneous reference to Friars Preachers (correctly Friars Minor) in Dumfries list (NX 9776), 1 May 1579 (Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum, iv, no.32)</ref> | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/65605/details/dumfries+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Dumfries 'Dominican Friary' Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.0675803|-3.6140836|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Dumfries Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |[[Greyfriars, Dumfries|Dumfries Greyfriars]] | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />founded before 1266 by Devorgilla de Balliol (20 April 1234(?)<ref group="note" name="DumfriesGreyfriars1">Dumfries Greyfriars β probably spurious charter of foundation 20 April 1234 by Alan of Galloway cited by Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1268</ref> by Alan of Galloway, or c. 1262<ref group="note" name="DumfriesGreyfriars2">Dumfries Greyfriars β foundation date c. 1262 cited by W. Moir Bryce, ''The Scottish Grey Friars'' (Edinburgh, 1909), i, p.199</ref>/before 1305<ref group="note" name="DumfriesGreyfriars3">Dumfries Greyfriars β foundation date before 1305 cited ''Early Sources of Scottish History 500 to 1268'', ed. A. O. Anderson (Edinburgh, 1922) ii, p.479<sup>n</sup></ref>)<br />dissolved or secularised 1569, Burgh of Dumfries granted revenues and land 23 April 1569;<br />Town Council gained possession by 1570<ref group="note" name="DumfriesGreyfriars4">Dumfries Greyfriars β possession by Town Council cited by W. Moir Bryce, ''The Scottish Grey Friars'' (Edinburgh, 1909), i, p.214</ref> |St Mary | |- valign=top |[[Dundrennan Abbey]] |[[File:Dundrennan Abbey 2012 (1).jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Rievaulx Abbey|Rievaulx]]<br />daughter house of Rievaulx;<br />founded 1142 by [[David I of Scotland|David I]], or possibly Fergus of Galloway;<br />dissolved 1560; granted to Edward Maxwell 14 August 1562;<br />secularised 1606; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Dundrennan]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/64408/details/dundrennan+abbey/ Site Record for Dundrennan Abbey St Mary's Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54.806667|-3.947778|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dundrennan Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Glenluce Abbey]] |[[File:Glenluce Abbey (12c Cistercian) - geograph.org.uk - 490895.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Abbey|Melrose]]<br />daughter house of Dundrennan;<br />founded 1191/2, purportedly by Roland of Galloway, Constable of Scotland;<br />dissolved or secularised 1560; granted to the Bishop of Galloway 1619; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Glenluce Abbey|Glenluce]]<br />____________________<br />''Luce Abbey'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/61214/details/glenluce+abbey/ Site Record for Glenluce Abbey Luce Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54|53|21|N|4|49|53|W|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Glenluce Abbey}} |- valign=top |Hoddam Monastery | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded before 612 by Kentigern? (traditionally association), who reputedly built church and located the see of his bishopric here | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/66705/details/hoddom+old+parish+church/ Site Record for Hoddom, Old Parish Church Hoddom Monastery; Hallguards Quarry; Hoddam; Hoddambridge Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.0413151|-3.3047605|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Hoddam Monastery}} |- valign=top |Kar Monastery |colspan=4|''given as located in Galloway, probably South Ayrshire'' (''v. supra'') |- valign=top |''Kilconquhar Monastery'' |colspan=4|purportedly '''Benedictine monks'''<br />founded by Fergus (or Ethred), Lord of Galloway β ''no such location or monastery'' |- valign=top |Kirkcudbright Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />probably erroneous reference to the house of Greyfriars ''(see immediately below)''<ref group="note" name="KirkcudbrightBlackfriars">Kirkcudbright Blackfriars β ''Rotuli scaccarii regum scotorum'' (''The [[Exchequer Rolls of Scotland]]''), ed. J. Stewart and others (Edinburgh, 1878-1908) xiii, p.472: reference 1512 to Friars Preachers of Kirkcudbright</ref> | | |- valign=top |Kirkcudbright Greyfriars <sup>+</sup> | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />founded c. 1450 (between 1449 and 1456) by [[James II of Scotland|James II]]; (or 1239, purportedly by Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland<ref group="note" name="KirkcudbrightGreyfriars">Kirkcudbright Greyfriars β spurious charter 16 September 1239: Tweedie Manuscript, cited by Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), pp.1431-2</ref>);<br />dissolved or secularised 1569; destroyed and ruinous before 6 December 1569 when granted to Thomas MacLellan of Bombie by [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]]; granted to the Town Council 24 March 1570/1 by Thomas MacLellan, conventual church in parochial use from 24 March 1570/1 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/64082/details/kirkcudbright+greyfriars+monastery/ Site Record for Kirkcudbright, Greyfriars Monastery Greyfriars Convent; 'Castle Aisle' Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54.835636|-4.0544271|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Kirkcudbright Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |Kirkcudbright Monastery | |scholars of a religious community apparently serving a foundation here;<br />still in possession of the church 1164 | | |- valign=top |[[Lincluden Collegiate Church|Lincluden Priory]] |[[File:Lincluden Collegiate Church 2.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine nuns'''<br />founded 1164 (before 1174) by Uchtred mac Fergus, Lord of Galloway or [[Malcolm IV of Scotland|Malcolm IV]];<br />also given as '''Cluniac nuns''';<br />dissolved 1389;<br />'''secular canons''' college late-14thC; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/65571/details/lincluden+college/ Site Record for Lincluden College Lincluden Abbey; Lincluden, Convent Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.0845822|-3.6197805|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Lincluden Priory}} |- valign=top |Lochkindeloch Priory | |'''Cistercian monks''' β ''supposed foundation''; parish church, but no religious house in the parish other than Sweetheart Abbey | | |- valign=top |St Evoca Priory | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />founded before 1423;<br />''dissolution unknown'' |St Evoca the Virgin | |- valign=top |[[St Mary's Priory, Isle of Trahil|St Mary's Priory]], St Mary's Isle (Isle of Trahil) | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β from [[Holyrood Abbey|Holyrood]]<br />founded c. 1138 (before 1173);<br />dissolved or secularised 1608 |Prioratus Sanctae Mariae de Trayl<br />____________________<br />''St Mary's Isle Priory'';<br />''Trail Priory'';<br />''Traill Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/63909/details/st+mary+s+priory/ Site Record for St Mary's Priory St Mary's Isle Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54.8175028|-4.067452|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=St Marys Isle Priory (Trahill Priory)}} |- valign=top |[[Soulseat Abbey]] | |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' β from [[Premontre Abbey|PrΓ©montre]]<br />founded 1161(?) (1152);<br />dissolved or secularised 1630 |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[John the Apostle|Saint John]], Soulseat<br />________________<br />''Saulseat Abbey'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/61217/details/soulseat+abbey/ Site Record for Soulseat Abbey Soulseat Abbey And Burial-Ground; Mahaar Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54.8871452|-4.9625319|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Soulseat Abbey}} |- valign=top |Soulseat Priory | |'''Cistercian monks'''<br />''uncertain foundation; unverified location and identification'' |''Viride Stagnum'' | |- valign=top |[[Sweetheart Abbey]] |[[File:Sweetheart Abbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Dundrennan Abbey|Dundrennan]]<br />founded 1275 by Devorgilla, widow of [[John Balliol]], endowment by Devorgilla 10 April 1273;<br />dissolved May 1565; granted to William Lesley 1586;<br />secularised 1624, erected to a temporal lordship for Sir Robert Spottiswoode; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], Sweetheart<br />____________________<br />''New Abbey'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/65464/details/new+abbey+sweetheart+abbey/ Site Record for New Abbey, Sweetheart Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54|58|44|N|3|36|59|W|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Sweetheart Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Tongland Abbey]] |[[File:Tongland Old Parish Church.jpg|150px]] |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' β from [[Cockersand Abbey|Cockersand]], [[List of monastic houses in Lancashire|Lancashire]]<br />daughter house of Cockersand;<br />founded 1218;<br />dissolved or secularised 1612 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/64048/details/tongland+abbey/ Site Record for Tongland Abbey Old Tongland Parish Church Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54.8630151|-4.0300781|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Tongland Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Whithorn Priory]] |[[File:Whithorn Priory 20080423 nave.jpg|150px]] |possible [non-monastic] Christian community late 4thC;<br />possibly monastic by 8thC;<br />'''Premonstratensian Canons'''<br />daughter house of [[Soulseat Abbey|Soulseat]]<br />founded c. 1175 or before 1161 by Fergus, Prince of Galloway;<br />dissolved or secularised 1612;<br />cathedral church of Galloway; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]])<br />[[Whithorn]]<br /> | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/71822/details/whithorn+priory/ Site Record for Whithorn Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|54.7334919|-4.4174695|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Whithorn Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Blackfriars, Wigtown|Wigtown Blackfriars]] | |'''Dominican Blackfriars'''<br />founded 1267 or before 1287 by Devorgilla, daughter of Alan of Galloway;<br />secularised 1560-70(?), probably granted to the Burgh of [[Wigtown]] (''though no record found'') |The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary | {{coord|54.867|-4.442|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000|format=dms|name=Wigtown Blackfriars}} |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ====[[Dumfries and Galloway]] non-Christian monasteries==== {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Samye Ling Monastery]] *, Langholm | |Karma [[Kagyu|Kagyu school]] [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] 1967 |Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre | |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Dunbartonshire=== ====West Dunbartonshire==== {{Location map+ |Scotland West Dunbartonshire |width=200 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in West Dunbartonshire |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland West Dunbartonshire|lat=56.0546176|long=-4.5473957|label_size=75|label=''Ross Priory - doubtful''}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |''[[Ross Priory]]'', [[Loch Lomond]] | |''doubtful establishment, probable early-19thC invention'';<br />country house | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/127767/details/ross+priory/ Site Record for Ross Priory Details]</ref> ''{{coord|56.0546176|-4.5473957|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Ross Priory (probable 19thC invention)}}'' |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===City of Edinburgh=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Edinburgh Central |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Edinburgh |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Edinburgh Central|lat=55.9486231|long=-3.1847692|label_size=75|label=Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Edinburgh Central|lat=55.9572621|long=-3.182846|label_size=75|position=top|label=Greenside Whitefriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Edinburgh Central|lat=55.9373286|long=-3.1857536|label_size=75|label=Sciennes Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Edinburgh Central|lat=55.9532246|long=-3.1711864|label_size=75|label=Holyrood Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Edinburgh Central|lat=55.9908866|long=-3.3982301|label_size=75|label=Queensferry Whitefriars}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Edinburgh Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded 1230 by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]], site of the king's manor house granted to the friars by him;<br />dissolved or secularised 1566/7, granted to the magistrates and Edinburgh Town Council 13 March 1566/7. The area was eventually turned into the Old High School in 1578, rebuilt in 1777, the area is now part of the University of Edinburgh. Archaeologists discovered the remains of friary during the renovation of the buildings. |The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/52514/details/edinburgh+blackfriars+dominican+monastery/ Site Record for Edinburgh, Blackfriars' Dominican Monastery Details]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vol 90 (2020): Finding the Blackfriars: Excavations at Old High School, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh {{!}} Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports|url=http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/issue/view/302|access-date=2021-09-10|website=journals.socantscot.org}}</ref><br />{{coord|55.9486231|-3.1847692|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Edinburgh Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Edinburgh Greenside Whitefriars | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded 1520-5, site granted by the town, with the permission of the king and the bishop of St Andrews;<br />dissolved or secularised before 1563 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/52403/details/edinburgh+greenside+row+carmelite+friary/ Site Record for Edinburgh, Greenside Row, Carmelite Friary Rude Chapel; Greenside Hospital Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9572621|-3.182846|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Edinburgh Greenside Whitefriars}} |- valign=top |[[Greyfriars Kirk|Edinburgh Greyfriars]] |[[File:Greyfriars-kirk-Edimburgo.gif|150px]] |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded c. 1463;<br />destroyed by Reformers 14 June 1559;<br />dissolved or secularised 1562;<br />Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk built on site 1602-20 | | {{coord|55.9466|-3.1922|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Edinburgh Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |Edinburgh Preceptory | |property - asserted preceptory<ref group="note" name="EdinburghPreceptory">Edinburgh Preceptory: ''Reports of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland'' β Edinburgh (1951), p.126, no.75: exaggerated description of property</ref> | | |- valign=top |Edinburgh Sciennes Priory | |'''Dominican nuns'''<br />founded 1517, erroneously asserted to have been founded by Lady Roslin, Countess of Caithness;<br />secularised 1569 |St Katherine of Senis |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/52560/details/edinburgh+sciennes+dominican+convent/ Site Record for Edinburgh, Sciennes, Dominican Convent Sciennes, Dominican Nunnery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9373286|-3.1857536|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Edinburgh Sciennes Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Holyrood Abbey]], [[Edinburgh]] |[[File:Holyrood Abbey - Edinburgh.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β from [[St Andrews Cathedral|St Andrews]]<br />daughter house of Merton, [[List of monastic houses in London|Surrey]];<br />founded 1128 by [[David I of Scotland|David I]];<br />sacked by the English 1322;<br />burned by the English 1385;<br />dissolved or secularised 1606;<br />erected into temporal lordship for John Bothwell, son of the bishop 1606 (in parliament), charter 1607;<br />nave in use as the parish church of the Canongate until 1686;<br />partly absorbed into 17thC Holyrood Palace; served as Chapel Royal until mid-18thC; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[St Andrew|Saint Andrew]] and [[Saint|All Saints]], [[Holyrood Abbey|Holyrood]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/52381/details/edinburgh+holyrood+palace+holyrood+abbey/ Site Record for Edinburgh, Holyrood Palace, Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey Church; Palace Of Holyrood; Palace Of Holyroodhouse Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9532246|-3.1711864|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Holyrood Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Priory Church, South Queensferry|South Queensferry Whitefriars]] |[[File:St. Mary's Church. Queensferry. - geograph.org.uk - 962247.jpg|150px]] |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded 1 March 1440/1 (purportedly founded 1330 by the laird of Dundass,<ref group="note" name="QueensferryWhitefriars">Queensferry Whitefriars β foundation 1330/1: J. Spottiswoode, ''An account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation'' (included in R. Keith, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'' (Edinburgh, 1824)), p.455</ref> or 28 November 1333<ref group="note" name="QueensferryWhitefriars1">Queensferry Whitefriars β foundation intimated: purported letter of James Dundas, Laird of Dundas, to the Provincial and Vicar-General of the Camelite order in Scotland β Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1554</ref>);<br />dissolved before 1564/5;<br />prior granted lease 27 February 1564/5;<br />let by Sir Walter Dundas to the Balies and Town Council of Queensferry as a place of worship and school;<br />present parochial church built on site 1635<ref group="note" name="QueensferryWhitefriars2">Queensferry Whitefriars β present parish church: Dundas Charters, National Library of Scotland, Mac. xxiv, p.29)</ref> |''Queensferry Friary'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/50481/details/south+queensferry+8+hopetoun+road+episcopal+church/ Site Record for South Queensferry, 8 Hopetoun Road, Episcopal Church Carmelite Friars Church; Priory Church Of St Mary Of Mount Carmel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9908866|-3.3982301|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Queensferry Whitefriars}} |- valign=top |Sciennes Priory | |'''Franciscan nuns'''<br />spurious charters including grant by Margaret Knox, daughter of Uchtred Knox of Ranfurly to build a hospital | | |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Eilean Siar=== {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Barra Red Friars | |'''Trinitarians'''<br />purported cell β possible church of Celtic origin, ''supposed house β lacking evidence'' |The Holy Trinity | |- valign=top |''Carnish 'Cell' '' | |'''''Augustinian Canons Regular'''''<br />asserted cell of Inchaffray, purportedly founded by the Macleods of the Lewis; ''evidence of monastic house lacking'' |''Scarinche'' | |- valign=top |''Nuntown Priory'' | |'''''nuns''' of unspecified order'' β probably spurious account of building on Benbecula 'locally believed to have been a nunnery'<ref group="note" name="NuntownPriory">Nuntown Priory β ''New Statistical Account''</ref> | | |- valign=top |''Rowadil Priory'' | |'''''Augustinian Canons Regular''''';<br />asserted priory;<br />purportedly founded by MacLeod of Harris;<br />evidently no more than parochial church or chapel |''Rodwil'';<br />''Rowadill'';<br />''Rodel'' |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotsites.co.uk/ebooks/cathedralsabbeys6.htm |title=ScotSites eBooks - Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys |access-date=23 February 2013 |archive-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421051513/http://www.scotsites.co.uk/ebooks/cathedralsabbeys6.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Fife=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Fife |width=500 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Fife |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.4099722|long=-3.0417752|label_size=75|label=Balmerino Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.0583587|long=-3.6253274|label_size=75|position=top|label=Culross Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.3197129|long=-3.0101375|label_size=75|label=Cupar Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.0697958|long=-3.4631395|label_size=75|position=top|label=Dunfermline Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.124671|long=-3.1206295|label_size=75|label=Dysart Blackfriars<br />''(possible)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.3492788|long=-3.1581509|label_size=75|label=Gadvan Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.0299716|long=-3.3017725|label_size=75|position=top|label=Inchcolm Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.0297648|long=-3.3983588|label_size=75|position=left|marksize=14|label=INVERKEITHING ''(see right)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.1856289|long=-2.5574166|label_size=75|label=Isle of May Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.070135|long=-3.174275|label_size=75|label=Kinghorn Blackfriars<br />''(dubious)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.35274|long=-3.22816|label_size=75|position=left|label=Lindores Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.2136016|long=-2.7277637|label_size=75|position=top|label=Pittenweem Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.340033|long=-2.7875233|label_size=75|position=right|marksize=14|label=ST ANDREWS ''(see right)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Fife|lat=56.2032129|long=-2.7710786|label_size=75|label=St Monan's Blackfriars}} }} {{Location map+ |Scotland St Andrews |width=500 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in St Andrews |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland St Andrews|lat=56.3398|long=-2.7851|label_size=75|position=right|label=Kilrimont Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland St Andrews|lat=56.3388972|long=-2.7979249|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland St Andrews|lat=56.340033|long=-2.7875233|label_size=75|position=left|label_width=10|label=St Andrew's Cathedral Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland St Andrews|lat=56.3396524|long=-2.7864718|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=St Rule's Priory}} }} {{Location map+ |Scotland Inverkeithing |width=300 |float=center |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Inverkeithing |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Inverkeithing|lat=56.0228222|long=-3.3974791|label_size=75|position=left|label=Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Inverkeithing|lat=56.0297648|long=-3.3983588|label_size=75|label=Greyfriars}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Balmerino Abbey]] |[[File:Balmerino 2.JPG|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Melrose Abbey|Melrose]]<br />dependent on Melrose;<br />founded c. 1227/9;<br />dissolved 1560; secularised 1603; ([[National Trust for Scotland|NTS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[Edward the Confessor|Saint Edward]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/31746/details/balmerino+abbey/ Site Record for Balmerino Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.4099722|-3.0417752|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Balmerino Abbey}} |- valign=top |Carnbee Preceptory | |'''Knights Templar'''<br />''foundation unknown'';<br />suppressed c. 1309 | | |- valign=top |''Crail Blackfriars'' | |purported '''''Dominican Friars'''''<br />site granted for a church and monastery, (spurious charter purportedly of Elizabeth Hepburn, Abbess of Haddington 28 September 1448<ref group="note" name="CrailBlackfriars">Crail Blackfriars β spurious and unreliable charters cited by Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), pp.1254, 1255-7</ref>); ''reliable evidence of foundation lacking'' | | |- valign=top |''Crail Priory'' | |'''''nuns''' of unspecified order β apocryphal establishment'' | | |- valign=top |[[Culross Abbey]] <sup>+</sup> |[[File:CulrossAbbey Aug2009 1.JPG|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Kinloss Abbey|Kinloss]]<br />dependent on Kinloss;<br />founded before 1217/8;<br />dissolved 1560;<br />erected into a temporal lordship for James Colville of Easter Wemyss (charters 1589, 1609);<br />currently partly in use as a parish church; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[St Andrew|Saint Andrew]] and [[Saint Serf]], [[Culross Abbey|Culross]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/48040/details/culross+culross+abbey/ Site Record for Culross, Culross Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0583587|-3.6253274|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Culross Abbey}} |- valign=top |Cupar Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded 1348: petition by Duncan, Earl of Fife to the Pope 1348, to found a Dominican convent at his castle; permission granted by the Pope for the vicar-general in Scotland of the English provincial to build a church and oratory;<br />reportedly in a state of collapse by 13 November 1517;<br />proposal to close the house approved 1518, confirmed by Crown charter 4 October 1519; incorporated with the house at St Andrews, where the friars transferred 1519; granted to the Burgh of Cupar by [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]] 14 June 1572 |St Katherine |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/31494/details/cupar/ Site Record for Cupar Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3197129|-3.0101375|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Cupar Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |''Cupar Red Friars'' |colspan=4|purported '''''Trinitarians'''''<br />allegedly founded 1277 by James, Earl of Fife β ''no such person β fictitious house'' |- valign=top |[[Dunfermline Abbey]] |[[File:Dunfermline Abbey Geograph.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks'''<br />[[priory]] founded c. 1070;<br />raised to [[abbey]] status 1124/1128;<br />dissolved 1593, annexed to the Crown | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/49315/details/dunfermline+abbey+new+abbey+nave+and+parish+church/ Site Record for Dunfermline Abbey, New Abbey Nave And Parish Church Abbot Street; Maygate; Monastery]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0697958|-3.4631395|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Dunfermline Abbey}} |- valign=top |''Dysart Blackfriars'' | |supposed '''Dominican Friars'''<ref group="note" name="DysartBlackfriars1">Dysart Blackfriars β included in Dumfries list</ref><ref group="note" name="DysartBlackfriars2">Dysart Blackfriars β Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1229 - land granted: spurious charter of William Sinclair of Dysart 27 March 1466/7/8 (year partly obscured)</ref><br />''reliable evidence of foundation lacking'';<br />long-ruined chapel converted for use as a forge |St Dennis (chapel);<br />St Cuthbert (church) |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/54000/details/dysart+saint+dennis+chapel/ Site Record for Dysart, 'saint Dennis' Chapel' Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.124671|-3.1206295|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dysart Blackfriars (poss.)}} ''possible'' |- valign=top |Gadvan Preceptory<br /> | |'''Cistercian monks'''<br />cell dependent on [[Balmerino Abbey|Balmerino]];<br />founded before 1475;<br />dissolved or secularised before 1578 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/30018/details/dunbog+house/&biblio=more Site Record for Dunbog House Preceptory Of Gadvan Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3492788|-3.1581509|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Gadvan Preceptory}} |- valign=top |[[Inchcolm Abbey]] |[[File:Inchcolm Abbey, Inchcolm, Firth of Forth, Scotland-9April2011.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />founded 1123 | The Abbey Church of [[St Columba|Saint Columba]], [[Inchcolm Abbey|Inchcolm]]<br />____________________<br />''St Colm's Abbey, Inch'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/50895/details/inchcolm+abbey/ Site Record for Inchcolm Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0299716|-3.3017725|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Inchcolm Abbey}} |- valign=top |Inchcolm Hermitage | |purported hermit residence on the island prior to the foundation of the Augustinian house ''(see immediately above)'' | | |- valign=top |Inverbervie Whitefriars | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded before 1443, endowments by William, Earl of Keith and Alexander Strachan of Dullevarde 10 December 1443 (two spurious charters of foundation: 1358 by [[David II of Scotland|David II]]; 12 November 1388 by Mark Rait of Halgreen);<br />dissolved or secularised before 1570; ''grant'' of friars' land and property made 15 October 1570; granted to hospital in Montrose 23 July 1571 |''Bervie Whitefriars'' | |- valign=top |Inverkeithing Blackfriars | |supposed '''Dominican Friars'''<br />some references probably pertain to the Franciscan friary<ref group="note" name="InverkeithingBlackfriars">Inverkeithing Blackfriars β included in Dumfries list and [[William Maitland (historian)|W. Maitland]], ''The History and Antiquities of Scotland'' (London, 1757), i 262</ref><ref group="note" name="InverkeithingBlackfriars1">Inverkeithing Blackfriars β site granted: Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1224 - charter (undated) "Hugh de Lundey", Lord of the Burgh of Inverkeithing with the consent of Robert de Bruis index ''Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland'', edited by T. Dickson and Sir J. Balfour Paul (Edinburgh 1877-1916), ii (though the text refers to 'Frieris of Inverkethin' (most likely the Franciscan Friars)</ref> | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/50997/details/inverkeithing/ Site Record for Inverkeithing Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0228222|-3.3974791|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Inverkeithing Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Inverkeithing Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />founded 1268(?) (before 1384), built by Philip de Moubray, Lord of Barnbougle;<br />dissolved or secularised 1559 |possibly The Friary Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Inverkeithing]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/50940/details/inverkeithing+queen+street+museum/ Site Record for Inverkeithing, Queen Street, Museum Franciscan Friary; The Palace Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0297648|-3.3983588|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Inverkeithing Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |''Isle of May Monastery'' | |conjectural '''Culdees''' or '''monks''' establishment<ref group="note" name="IsleofMayMonastery">Isle of May Monastery: ''Annals of the Reigns of Malcolm and William, Kings of Scotland'', ed. A. C. Lawrie (Glasgow, 1910) states "It is possible that on the Isle of May, in the beginning of the twelfth century, there was a small fraternity of culdees or monks of the old Scottish church"</ref> | | |- valign=top |[[Isle of May Priory]] |[[File:Saint Adrian's Priory, Isle of May - geograph.org.uk - 1055460.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' β from [[Reading Abbey|Reading]], [[List of monastic houses in Berkshire|Berkshire]]<br />dependent on Reading;<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />dependent on St Andrews;<br />refounded late-13th/early-14thC;<br />transferred to Pittenweem late-13th/early-14thC |The Priory Church of [[Odran of Iona|Saint Oran]] and [[St Colman|Saint Colman]], [[Isle of May Priory|Isle of May]]<br />____________________<br />''May Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/57873/details/isle+of+may+st+adrian+s+chapel/ Site Record for Isle Of May, St Adrian's Chapel Isle Of May Monastery; St Adrian's Priory; May Island Details]</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/recordsprioryis01priogoog |title = Records of the Priory of the Isle of May| publisher=Society [of Antiquaries of Scotland] |last1 = Priory|first1 = Isle of May|year = 1868}}</ref><br />{{coord|56.1856289|-2.5574166|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Isle of May Priory}} |- valign=top |''Kilconquhar Nunnery'' |colspan=4|Benedictine nuns<br />actually a parochial church owned by North Berwick Nunnery;<br />''sometimes (erroneously) noted as located in Galloway'' |- valign=top |[[Church of St Mary on the Rock|Kilrimont Monastery]] |[[File:St Mary's 03.JPG|150px]] |'''Culdees'''<br />traditionally founded by Ungus mac Urguist;<br />collegiate<br />founded 1240s |''Cill-rigmonaid Monastery'';<br />''Cenn-rigmonaid Monastery'';<br />''Kilrymont monastery'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/34296/details/st+andrews+church+of+the+holy+trinity+of+kilrimund/ Site Record for St Andrews, Church Of The Holy Trinity Of Kilrimund Trinity Of Kilrimund; Kilrimont Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3398|-2.7851|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Kilrimont Monastery}} |- valign=top |Kinghorn Blackfriars | |purported '''Dominican Blackfriars'''<ref group="note" name="KinghornBlackfriars">Kinghorn Blackfriars β included in Dumfries list</ref><ref group="note" name="KinghornBlackfriars1">Kinghorn Blackfriars β spurious and unreliable charters cited by Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), pp.1228: vague account of foundation - probably spurious charter of benefaction of James de Kirkcaldy 28 September 1388</ref><br />''very dubious'' | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/52774/details/kinghorn+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Kinghorn, Dominican Friary Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.070135|-3.174275|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Kinghorn Blackfriars (dubious)}} |- valign=top |[[Lindores Abbey]] |[[File:Lindores abbey 03.jpg|150px]] |'''Tironensian monks''' β from [[Kelso Abbey|Kelso]]<br />founded c. 1190 (between c. 1190 and 1191) by David, Earl of Huntingdon;<br />dissolved or secularised 1600 |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Our Lady]] and [[St Andrew|Saint Andrew]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/30109/details/lindores+abbey/ Site Record for Lindores Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.35274|N|3.22816|W|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Lindores Abbey}} |- valign=top |Maryculter Preceptory | |'''Knights Templar'''<br />founded between 1221 and 1236 by Walter Byset;<br />suppressed c. 1309<br />'''Knights Hospitaller'''<br />transferred c. 1309;<br />dissolved c. 1513 |''Culter Preceptory'' | |- valign=top |[[Pittenweem Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />transferred from [[Isle of May Priory|Isle of May]] c. 1200 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/34240/details/pittenweem+marygate+pittenweem+priory/ Site Record for Pittenweem, Marygate, Pittenweem Priory Town Hall; Great House; Prior's Lodging; St John's Rectory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.2136016|-2.7277637|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Pittenweem Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Blackfriars, St Andrews|St Andrew's Blackfriars]] |[[File:Blackfriars Chapel (St Andrews) 20080503.jpg|150px]] |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />purportedly founded 1274 by [[William Wishart]], Bishop of St Andrews;<br />destroyed by fire by Norman Lesley 1547;<br />destroyed by Reformers 14 June 1599<br />dissolved or secularised 1567, granted to the municipality of St Andrews by Queen Mary 17 April 1567 |The Assumption and Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br />____________________<br />''Blackfriars Chapel'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/94440/details/st+andrews+south+street+dominican+monastery/ Site Record for St Andrews, South Street, Dominican Monastery Blackfriars Chapel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3388972|-2.7979249|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=St Andrew's Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |[[St. Andrew's Cathedral Priory|St Andrew's Cathedral Priory]] |[[File:St. Andrew's Cathedral.jpg|150px]] |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded before 747;<br />'''Culdees'''<br />founded 9th/10thC<br />cathedral<br />founded 908<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />cathedral priory founded 1144, and endowed by [[Robert of Scone|Robert]], Bishop of St Andrews;<br />dissolved or secularised 1592, erected into a temporal lordship for the duke, in parliament 1592, 1606; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Cathedral and Priory Church of [[St Andrew|Saint Andrew]], [[St Andrews Cathedral|Saint Andrews]]<br />____________________<br />''Cennrigmonaid'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/34299/details/st+andrews+cathedral/ Site Record for St Andrews Cathedral St Andrews Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.340033|-2.7875233|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=St Andrew's Cathedral}} |- valign=top |[[Greyfriars, St Andrews|St Andrew's Greyfriars]] | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded between 1463 and 1466 by James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrew's, purported (spurious) [[papal bull]] of [[Pope Pius II|Pius II]] of foundation 24 November 1458;<br />burned by Norman Lesilie July 1547;<br />dissolved or secularised 1559β1567; resigned to the magistrates 18 May 1559; destroyed by Reformers on or c. 14 June 1559; granted to the Burgh of St Andrew's by [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Queen Mary]] 17 April 1567 | | |- valign=top |St Andrew's Red Friars |colspan=4|purported '''''Trinitarians''' β fictitious house'' |- valign=top |St Andrew's Whitefriars | |asserted '''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded 1370 by 'Bishop William de Laverdale' {{sic}} (possibly William de Landallis); β ''uncertain foundation'' | | |- valign=top |''St Ninian's Blackfriars'' |colspan=4|'''''Dominican Blackfriars'''''<ref group="note" name="StNinianBlackfriars">St Ninian's Blackfriars β ''Extracta e Variis Cronicis Scocie'' (Abbotsford Club 1842) p.249</ref><br />''erroneous reference to St Monan's'' |- valign=top |St Monan's Blackfriars <sup>+</sup> |[[File:St Monans Auld Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 103459.jpg|150px]] |church founded as a chapel 3 April 1370 by [[David II of Scotland|David II]]<br />'''Dominican Friars'''<br />refounded 15 November 1471 by [[James III of Scotland|James III]];<br />conventual status by [[papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Sixtus IV|Sixtus IV]] procured by the vicar-general and the king 18 March 1476/7;<br />incorporated into St Andrews Michaelmas 1519;<br />secularised c. 1567 |The Friary Church of [[Monan (saint)|Saint Monan]], Saint Monan's<br />____________________<br />erroneously '' 'St Ninians' ''<ref group="note" name="StNinianBlackfriars">St Ninian's Blackfriars β ''Extracta e Variis Cronicis Scocie'' (Abbotsford Club 1842) p.249</ref> | {{coord|56.2032129|-2.7710786|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=St Monan's Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |[[St Andrew's Cathedral, St Andrews|St Rule's Priory]] |[[File:St Rules Tower.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β from [[Scone Abbey|Scone]]<br />founded 1133β1144; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Priory Church of [[Saint Regulus|Saint Rule]], [[St Andrews Cathedral|Saint Andrews]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/34371/details/st+andrews+cathedral+st+rule+s+church+and+st+rule+s+tower/ Site Record for St Andrews Cathedral, St Rule's Church And St Rule's Tower St Regulus Church Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3396524|-2.7864718|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=St Rule's Priory}} |} The following locations in the Fife Region have no monastic connection: *Crawford Priory: mansion, built 1813 *Inchrye Abbey: mansion, built 19thC [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===City of Glasgow=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Glasgow Central |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Glasgow |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Glasgow Central|lat=55.8585809|long=-4.2402023|label_size=75|label=Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Glasgow Central|lat=55.8496621|long=-4.2463714|label_size=75|position=top|label=Franciscan Friars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Glasgow Central|lat=55.8604234|long=-4.2422462|label_size=75|label=Greyfriars}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Glasgow Austin Friars ? | |'''Augustinian Friars'''?<br />church founded by laymen, granted to three hermits of the order in the Glasgow diocese c. 1453 β ''unidentified foundation'' | | |- valign=top |Glasgow Blackfriars <sup>#</sup> | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded before 1246, purportedly by the bishop and chapter, [[papal bull]] of [[Pope Innocent IV|Innocent IV]] 10 July 1246 granted indulgence to those contributing to the building of the church;<br />secularised 1566/7;<br />granted by [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] to the [[University of Glasgow]] and served as a parish church 16 March 1566/7;<br />conventual church destroyed by fire c. 1670;<br />rebuilt 1699-1702;<br />demolished when the university re-located in the 1870s |[[St John the Evangelist]]<br />____________________<br />''Old College Church'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/168154/details/glasgow+blackfriars+chapel/ Site Record for Glasgow, Blackfriars Chapel Black Friars; Old College Church Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8585809|-4.2402023|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Glasgow Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Glasgow Franciscan Friary | |'''Franciscan Friars''' |''Roman Catholic Church of Saint Luke'';<br />''Blessed John Duns Franciscan Friary'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/159794/details/glasgow+gorbals+270+ballater+street+st+luke+s+roman+catholic+church/ Site Record for Glasgow, Gorbals, 270 Ballater Street, St Luke's Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Of Saint Luke; Blessed John Duns Franciscan Friary; Commercial Road Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8496621|-4.2463714|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Glasgow Franciscan Friary}} |- valign=top |Glasgow Greyfriars <sup>#</sup> | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded 1473-9 (1477, 1472), mistakenly attributed to the archbishop;<br />dissolved or secularised 1566/7 |Church of [[St Mary|The Blessed Virgin Mary]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/44092/details/glasgow+franciscan+friary/ Site Record for Glasgow, Franciscan Friary City Science Centre; Greyfriars Friary Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8604234|-4.2422462|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Glasgow Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |''Glasgow Dominican Priory'' |colspan=2|'''''Dominican nuns'''''<br />proposed foundation: bequeathal by Roland Blacadyr β ''foundation never implemented'' |St Catherine of Siena | |- valign=top |Govan Monastery | |traditionally founded late-6thC by Constantine β ''evidence lacking'' | | |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Highland=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Highland |width=500 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Highland |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=57.4450061|long=-5.8121447|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Applecross Monastery<br>(St Maelrubha)}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=57.4846827|long=-4.4575524|label_size=75|position=left|label=Beauly Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=56.8876782|long=-6.1390398|label_size=75|label=Eigg Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=57.7700948|long=-3.9562583|label_size=75|label=Fearn Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=57.1446802|long=-4.6766782|label_size=75|label=Fort Augustus Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=57.4806259|long=-4.2298881|label_size=75|label=Inverness Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=57.0809868|long=-4.0524328|label_size=75|position=top|label=Kingussie Whitefriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Highland|lat=57.8619227|long=-4.3177986|label_size=75|position=top|label_width=10|label=Old Fearn Abbey<br>''(approx)''}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Applecross#Early history|Applecross Monastery]] | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />founded 673 by Mael-rubai, Abbot of Bangor |''St Maelrubha's Monastery'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/11734/details/applecross+st+maelrubha+s+monastery/ Site Record for Applecross, St Maelrubha's Monastery Applecross Old Churchyard; Claodh Maree Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.4450061|-5.8121447|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Applecross Monastery (St Maelrubha)}} |- valign=top |[[Beauly Priory]] |[[File:Beauly priory south side 29042008.JPG|150px]] |'''Valliscaulian monks''' β from [[Valliscaulian Order|Val des Choux]]<br />dependent on Val des Choux;<br />founded 1230;<br />dissolved 1510;<br />'''Cistercian monks'''<br />founded 1510 on the suppression of the Valliscaulian order;<br />purportedly erected to a temporal lordship for Lord Hay of Sala 1612, ''(apparently erroneously noted)'';<br />granted to the Bishop of Ross (charter 20 October 1634); ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|The Blessed Virgin Mary]] and [[St John the Baptist|Saint John the Baptist]], [[Beauly Priory|Beauly]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/12700/details/beauly+priory/ Site Record for Beauly Priory Beauly, High Street, Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.4846827|-4.4575524|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Beauly Priory}} |- valign=top |Cromarty Red Friars | |purported '''Trinitarians'''<br />''no evidence of Trinitarian foundation here'' |''Crenach'' ? | |- valign=top |Dornoch Cell ? | |'''Benedictine monks'''<br />founded before early-12thC;<br />possible community established from Dunfermline or earlier community already established here | | |- valign=top |''Dornoch Red Friars'' | |asserted '''''Trinitarians'''''<br />founded 1271 by Sir Patrick Murray or the Reguli of Sutherland ''supposed house β evidence lacking β probably fictitious'' | | |- valign=top |Eigg Monastery | |founded before 617 by St Donnan |''Kildonnan Monastery'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/22158/details/eigg+kildonnan/ Site Record for Eigg, Kildonnan Kildonan Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.8876782|-6.1390398|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Eigg Monastery}} |- valign=top |[[Fearn Abbey]] |[[File:TarbatTrip 020.jpg|150px]] |'''Premonstratensian Canons'''<br />daughter house of Whithorn;<br />founded 1221-2 (or c. 1227 at Old Fearn);<br />dissolved 1609 |The Abbey Church of [[St Ninian|Saint Ninian]], [[Fearn Abbey|Fearn]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/15264/details/fearn+abbey/ Site Record for Fearn Abbey Fearn Abbey Church; Fearn Parish Church; Nova Ferna; New Fearn; Hill Of Fearn Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.7700948|-3.9562583|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Fearn Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Fort Augustus Abbey]] |[[File:Fort Augustus Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1708052.jpg|150px]] |built as a military fort, '''Benedictine''' abbey and school in 20thC, now in private ownership | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/12208/details/fort+augustus+abbey+church+monastery+and+school/ Site Record for Fort Augustus Abbey, Church, Monastery And School St Benedict's Abbey; Kilcumien; Fort Augustus Barracks Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.1446802|-4.6766782|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Fort Augustus Abbey}} |- valign=top |Inverness Blackfriars |rowspan=2| |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded after 1214 and before 1240 by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]];<br />secularised before 19 January 1566/7;<br />destroyed by Cromwell, masonry used in the construction of a citadel at the north of the town |St Bartholomew |rowspan=2|<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/13333/details/inverness+friars+street+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Inverness, Friars' Street, Dominican Friary Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.4806259|-4.2298881|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Inverness Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |''Inverness Greyfriars'' |''confusion with Inverness Blackfriars'' | |- valign=top |Kingussie Whitefriars <sup>#</sup> | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded before 1501 by George, Earl of Huntly;<br />dissolved or secularised after 1560 |''St Columba's Friary'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/14076/details/kingussie+st+columba+s+friary/ Site Record for Kingussie, St Columba's Friary Kingussie Graveyard Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.0809868|-4.0524328|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Kingussie Whitefriars}} |- valign=top |Murkle Priory | |'''nuns''' ''of uncertain order'' β ''supposed foundation β unverified'' |''Glosters Priory'' | |- valign=top |North Rona Monastery | |7thC | | |- valign=top |Old Fearn Abbey | |'''Premonstratensian Canons'''<br />founded c. 1227 | | {{coord|57.8619227|-4.3177986|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Old Fearn Abbey (approx.)}} ''approx'' |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Lanarkshire=== ====South Lanarkshire==== {{Location map+ |Scotland South Lanarkshire |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Lanarkshire |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland South Lanarkshire|lat=55.8108077|long=-4.0986192|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Blantyre Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland South Lanarkshire|lat=55.6735485|long=-3.7814216|label_size=75|position=right|label=Lanark Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland South Lanarkshire|lat=55.6379041|long=-3.8855124|label_size=75|position=left|label=Lesmahagow Priory}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Blantyre Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />cell dependent on [[Jedburgh Abbey|Jedburgh]]<br />founded between 1238 and 1249 by Patrick (II), Earl of Dunbar and his wife Euphemia;<br />dissolved or secularised 1598/9 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/44890/details/blantyre+priory/ Site Record for Blantyre Priory Blantyre Farm Road Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8108077|-4.0986192|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Blantyre Priory}} |- valign=top |''Culter Preceptory'' |colspan=4|'''''Knights Templar''' β no such house β confusion with Maryculter'' (''v. supra'') |- valign=top |Lanark Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />founded 11 November 1328 and 15 May 1329<ref group="note" name="LanarkGreyfriars">Lanark Greyfriars β foundation 1328-9: spurious charter of foundation cited by Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1459</ref> (? between 27 March 1325 and 26 March 1326), site and endowments granted by [[Robert I of Scotland|Robert I]] who projected the foundation;<br />probably founded by [[David II of Scotland|David II]] who obtained [[papal bull]] of [[Pope Clement VI|Clement VI]] 29 November 1346;<ref group="note" name="Lanark Greyfriars1">Lanark Greyfriars β W. Moir Bryce, ''The Scottish Grey Friars'' (Edinburgh, 1909), ii, p.149; Reg, Aven, 88, folios 191-IV</ref><br />leased to James Lockhart of Lee prior to dissolution (''date unknown''); dissolved or secularised before 1566 (date abandoned unknown, though masonry being removed before 1566) | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/46585/details/lanark+franciscan+friary/ Site Record for Lanark, Franciscan Friary Clydesdale Hotel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.6735485|-3.7814216|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Lanark Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |[[Lesmahagow Priory]] |[[File:Lesmahagow Priory.jpg|150px]] |'''Tironensian monks''' β from [[Kelso Abbey|Kelso]]<br />dependent on Kelso;<br />founded 1144, church and lands granted to Kelso by [[David I of Scotland|David I]] and [[John Capellanus|John]], Bishop of Glasgow;<br />dissolved 1607 |The Priory Church of [[Malo (saint)|Saint Malo]], [[Lesmahagow]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/46471/details/lesmahagow+church+square+lesmahagow+parish+church/ Site Record for Lesmahagow, Church Square, Lesmahagow Parish Church Langdykeside; Old Lesmahagow Church; Lesmahagow Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.6379041|-3.8855124|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Lesmahagow Priory}} |- valign=top |''Nunnery Priory'' |colspan=4|'''''nuns''' of unspecified order'' β ''no foundation existed here'' |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Lothian=== ====East Lothian==== {{Location map+ |Scotland East Lothian |width=400 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in East Lothian |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=56.0372531|long=-2.7882927|label_size=75|position=left|label=Dirleton Red Friars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=56.0014092|long=-2.5180471|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Dunbar Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=56.0732032|long=-2.7852595|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Fidra Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=55.9474937|long=-2.7857852|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Haddington Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=55.9550746|long=-2.7733612|label_size=75|position=top|label=Haddington Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=56.0111733|long=-2.8479749|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=bottom|label=Luffness Whitefriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=55.9218085|long=-2.651031|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Nunraw Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland East Lothian|lat=56.055666|long=-2.7305585|label_size=75|position=right|label=North Berwick Priory}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Dirleton Red Friars | |'''Trinitarians'''<br />chapel of St Andrew's founded by the ancestors of Patrick, Lord Haliburton;<br />recorded as Trinitarian 1507; annexed to the Crown before 1 August 1588 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/56751/details/dirleton+friary/ Site Record for Dirleton, Friary Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0372531|-2.7882927|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dirleton Red Friars}} |- valign=top |[[Dunbar Priory]] | |'''Trinitarians'''<br />founded 1240-8 (1218);<br />granted to secular chaplain 8 March 1528/9; revoked 1 July 1529; dissolved 1529 |The Priory Church of [[the Holy Trinity]], [[Dunbar]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/57675/details/dunbar+friarscroft/ Site Record for Dunbar, Friarscroft Friar's Croft; Red Friars Dovecot Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0014092|-2.5180471|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dunbar Priory}} |- valign=top |''Dunbar Whitefriars''? | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />purportedly founded 1263 by Patrick, Earl of March ''supposed foundation β foundation references spurious, later references possible confusion with Trinitarian house'' | | |- valign=top |Elbottle Priory | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />cell of South Berwick; ''supposed foundation β evidence lacking'' | | |- valign=top |Fidra Priory | |'''Premonstratensian Canons'''<br />supposed house<br />island granted to Dryburgh by William de Vaux;<br />canons of Dryburgh serving at the church of St Nicholas c. 1220<br />described as a chantry c. 1240 |''Elbottle Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/56654/details/fidra+st+nicholas+church/ Site Record for Fidra, St Nicholas' Church Eldbottle Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.0732032|-2.7852595|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Fidra Priory}} |- valign=top |Gullane Priory | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />cell of South Berwick;<br />allegedly founded by [[David I of Scotland|David I]]; ''supposed foundation β evidence lacking'' |''Golyn Priory'' | |- valign=top |''Haddington Austin Friars'' |colspan=4|'''''Augustinian Friars'''''<br />''erroneous reference to Augustinian Canons of St Andrews'' |- valign=top |''Haddington Austin Friars'' | |'''''Augustinian Friars'''''<br />hospital suppressed in favour of Austin Friars, and house built, though occupation never occurred and the house was conferred to Walter Ramsay, Chaplain to [[James V of Scotland|James V]] β ''incomplete foundation'' | | |- valign=top |Haddington Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded 1471;<br />dissolved or secularised 1489 to after 1490;<br />unsubstantiated claims of destroyed by the English and reduced to ashes 'by the rage of fanatics' c. 1558<ref group="note" name="HaddingtonBlackfriars">Haddington Blackfriars β destruction: Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1236</ref> | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/56496/details/haddington+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Haddington, Dominican Friary Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9474937|-2.7857852|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Haddington Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Haddington Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded 1242;<br />destroyed 1356 |''Lucerna Laudoniae'' or Lamp of Lothian |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/56497/details/haddington+franciscan+friary/ Site Record for Haddington, Franciscan Friary The Lamp Of Lothian Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9550746|-2.7733612|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Haddington Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |Haddington Priory | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />founded before 1159 by Ada, Countess of Northumberland and Huntingdon;<br />dissolved or secularised 1621; erected into a temporal lordship for John Maitland, master of Lauderdale 1621 | | |- valign=top |Houston Red Friars | |'''Trinitarians'''<br />founded c. 1270 by Cristiana, widow of Sir Roger Mubray, (or purportedly c. 1226 by Hugh, Lord of Houston<ref group="note" name="HoustonRedFriars">Houston Red Friars β foundation date c. 1220 given by Father R. A. Hay, ''Diplomatum Veterum Collectio''. (MS. 34-1.10 in the National Library of Scotland), iii, p.576; J. Spottiswoode, ''An account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation'' p.396 (included in R. Keith, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'', Edinburgh, 1824)), who located the foundation in Renfrewshire</ref>), confirmed 26 January 1271/2 by [[Alexander III of Scotland|Alexander III]]; possibly adjunct to, or identical with Houston hospital;<br />''commonly (erroneously) located in Renfrewshire'';<br />dissolved 1531; annexed to Peebles, confirmed by charter 8 January 1541/2 |The Grace of God | |- valign=top |''Luffness Red Friars'' |colspan=4|purported '''''Trinitarians'''''<br />purportedly founded 1285 by an earl of Dunbar;<br />''confusion with Carmelite house at Fail'' |- valign=top |[[Luffness Friary|Luffness Whitefriars]] | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded before 1293;<br />dissolved after 1560;<br />leased by the Crown 4 January 1609 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/55042/details/luffness+carmelite+friary/ Site Record for Luffness, Carmelite Friary Friary And Fish Ponds; Luffness Convent; Luffness Friary Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=55042 ScotlandsPlaces - Luffness, Carmelite Friary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053959/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=55042 |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><br />{{coord|56.0111733|-2.8479749|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Luffness Friary}} |- valign=top |[[Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw|Nunraw Abbey]] * |[[File:Nunraw - geograph.org.uk - 142510.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea|Roscrea]], [[List of abbeys and priories in Ireland|Ireland]];<br />cell of Haddington;<br />founded 1946 |''Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw'' |<ref>[http://www.nunraw.org.uk/ Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114222643/http://www.nunraw.org.uk/ |date=14 November 2006 }}</ref><br />{{coord|55.9218085|-2.651031|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Nunraw Abbey}} |- valign=top |''Nunraw Priory'' |colspan=4|''supposed '''Cistercian nuns''' β no evidence of nunnery here'' |- valign=top |[[St. Mary's Priory (Lothian)|North Berwick Priory]] |[[File:Old Abbey, North Berwick - geograph.org.uk - 1022212.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />founded c. 1150 by Duncan (I), Earl of Fife who granted land (also attributed to Malcolm, Earl of Fife);<br />granted to Mariot Cockburn 30 June 1566;<br />granted to Margaret Hume 7 August 1568;<br />ruinous by 1587;<br />dissolved or secularised 1587/8; resigned by Margaret Hume to Alexander Hume 20 March 1587/8: church and cloister site granted by [[James I of England|James VI]] | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/56760/details/north+berwick+priory/ Site Record for North Berwick Priory Cistercian Convent Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.055666|-2.7305585|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=North Berwick Priory}} |- valign=top |''Papple Priory'' |colspan=4|'''''nuns''' of unspecified order''<br />land held by Cistercians of St Bothan's and Haddington β ''no evidence of monastic foundation'' |- valign=top |''St Germains Preceptory'' |colspan=4|'''Knights Templar'''<br />''given as Templars' house,<ref group="note" name="StGermainsPreceptory">St Germains Preceptory β J. Spottiswoode, ''An account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation'' (included in R. Keith, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'' (Edinburgh, 1824)), p.435</ref> actually a Bethlehemite Hospital'' |- valign=top |Trefontain Priory | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />cell of South Berwick;<br />founded by [[David I of Scotland|David I]];<br />lands granted to the collegiate church of Douglass; ''supposed foundation'' |''Trefountain Priory'';<br />''Trefontaynes Priory'' | |- valign=top |Tyninghame Monastery | |traditionally founded before 756 by Baldred;<br />destroyed by the Norse 941 | | |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ====West Lothian==== {{Location map+ |Scotland West Lothian |width=400 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in West Lothian |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland West Lothian|lat=55.996086|long=-3.4742224|label_size=75|label=Abercorn Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland West Lothian|lat=55.9715888|long=-3.5985267|label_size=75|position=right|label=Linlithgow Whitefriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland West Lothian|lat=55.9695475|long=-3.6490488|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Manuel Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland West Lothian|lat=55.9346427|long=-3.6521628|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Torphichen Preceptory}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Abercorn Monastery |[[File:Abercorn Church.jpg|150px]] |'''Celtic monks'''<br />probably founded between 635 and 663;<br />dissolved after early-8thC, (purportedly still extant 854) | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/49123/details/abercorn+church+and+anglian+monastery/ Site Record for Abercorn Church And Anglian Monastery Aebbercurnig; Abercorn Monastery; Abercorn Kirk; Abercorn Parish Church Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.996086|-3.4742224|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Abercorn Monastery}} |- valign=top |Kirkliston Preceptory | |'''Knights Hospitaller'''<br />founded 1560;<br />annexed to Torphichen soon before 31 March 1513 | | |- valign=top |''Linlithgow Austin Friars'' | |'''''Augustinian Friars'''''<br />royal benefactions between September and December 1503, ''no evidence of habitation β incomplete foundation''; subsequent attempt to found settlement at Manuel (''v. infra'') | | |- valign=top |Linlithgow Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Blackfriars'''<ref group="note" name="LinlithgowBlackfriars">included in Dumfries list</ref><br />''foundation and founder unknown''<ref group="note" name="LinlithgowBlackfriars1">Linlithgow Blackfriars β Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1219 β probably spurious charter of John, King of Scots 19 March 1294/5</ref> | | |- valign=top |Linlithgow Whitefriars | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br /> founded c. 1401;<br />dissolved before 1567/8 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/49244/details/linlithgow+carmelite+friary/ Site Record for Linlithgow, Carmelite Friary Nether Parkley Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9715888|-3.5985267|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Linlithgow Whitefriars}} |- valign=top |''Manuel Austin Friars'' | |'''''Augustinian Friars'''''<br />provision for suppression of Cistercian nunnery ''(see immediately below)'' by [[Pope Julius II|the Pope]] 16 June 1506, on petition by [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]], never implemented β ''incomplete foundation'' | | |- valign=top |Manuel Priory | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />founded 1156 (before 1164) by [[Malcolm IV of Scotland|Malcolm IV]], confirmed by [[William the Lion]] between 1166 and 1171;<br />dissolved or secularised after 1599;<br />probably passed into the possession of Alexander, Lord Livingstone, for whom the lease was renewed by [[James I of England|James VI]] 13 April 1599 |''Emanuel Nunnery'';<br />''Manuel Nunnery'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/47796/details/manuel+nunnery/ Site Record for Manuel Nunnery Manuelburn Bridge Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9695475|-3.6490488|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Manuel Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Torphichen Preceptory]] <sup>+</sup> |[[File:Torphichen Preceptory.jpg|150px]] |'''Knights Hospitaller'''<br />founded between c. 1144 and 1153 by [[David I of Scotland|David I]] who granted land;<br />secularised 1563/4; land and baronies granted to praeceptor James, Lord St John by [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] 25 January 1563/4 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/47978/details/torphichen+bowyett+torphichen+preceptory+and+torphichen+parish+church/ Preceptory And Torphichen Parish Church Hospital Of Torphichen; Preceptory Of St John Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.9346427|-3.6521628|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Torphichen Preceptory}} |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ====Midlothian==== {{Location map+ |Scotland Midlothian |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Midlothian |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Midlothian|lat=55.8803663|long=-3.0703568|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Newbattle Abbey}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Balantrodoch Preceptory | |'''Knights Templar'''<br />founded 1128-53;<br />suppressed c. 1309 |''Temple'' | |- valign=top |[[Newbattle Abbey]] |[[File:Newbattle Abbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Melrose Abbey|Melrose]]<br />daughter house of Melrose;<br />founded 1140, regarded as by [[David I of Scotland|David I]], endowments by David and his son, Earl Henry;<br />dissolved 1560; granted to Mark Ker, son of the Commendator, also Mark Ker) 7 April 1567, confirmed 24 August 1584, after the death of his father; erected into a temporal lordship for Mark Ker (charter 1587) |The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, [[Newbattle Abbey|Newbattle]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/53442/details/newbattle+abbey+monkland+wall+king+david+s+gate/ Site Record for Newbattle Abbey, Monkland Wall, King David's Gate Newbattle Abbey Policies; Newbattle Abbey, The King's Gate Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8803663|-3.0703568|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Newbattle Abbey}} |- valign=top |Soutra Red Friars | |asserted '''''Trinitarians''' β unfounded assertion'' | | |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Moray=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Moray |width=500 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Moray |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Moray|lat=57.6494827|long=-3.3224469|label_size=75|label_width=10|marksize=14|position=bottom|label=ELGIN<br>''(see right)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Moray|lat=57.6339271|long=-3.5665119|label_size=75|position=top|label=Kinloss Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Moray|lat=57.6481164|long=-3.1934381|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Urquhart Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Moray|lat=57.6535994|long=-3.1998907|label_size=75|label_width=14|position=right|label=Urquhart Priory ''(vestiges)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Moray|lat=57.6005539|long=-3.4374547|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Pluscarden Abbey}} }} {{Location map+ |Scotland Elgin |width=300 |float=rught |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Elgin |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Elgin|lat=57.6494827|long=-3.3224469|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Elgin|lat=57.6486273|long=-3.3103609|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=right|label=Greyfriars Observant}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Elgin|lat=57.6479499|long=-3.3096313|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=right|label=Greyfriars Conventual}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Elgin Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded 1233 or 1234 by [[Alexander II of Scotland|King Alexander II]];<br />lands and revenues apparently permanently under Dunbar family at the Reformation; secularised 1570/1; Alexander Dunbar, dean of Moray received crown confirmation 7 January 1570/1, property granted under Great Seal 4 March 1573/4 and 9 January 1575/6 |St James |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/16673/details/elgin+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Elgin, Dominican Friary Blackfriars' Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.6494827|-3.3224469|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Elgin Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Elgin Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />land granted by William, Earl of Ross c. 1281; foundation incomplete | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/16697/details/elgin+franciscan+friary/ Site Record for Elgin, Franciscan Friary Dumfermline Cottage; Greyfriars Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.6486273|-3.3103609|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Elgin Greyfriars, Conventual}} |- valign=top |Elgin Greyfriars, Observants | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded before 1494, allegedly by John Innes of Innes;<br />dissolved or secularised c. 1559;<br />lands leased to Robert Innes of Invermarky by [[James VI and I|James VI]] 20 April 1573;<br />restored; now in use by adjacent convent |''Observantine House of The Franciscan Friars'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/16604/details/elgin+abbey+street+convent+of+mercy+greyfriars+church/ Site Record for Elgin, Abbey Street, Convent Of Mercy, Greyfriars' Church Chapel; Franciscan Friary; Greyfriars' Street; Observantine House Of The Franciscan Friars Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.6479499|-3.3096313|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Elgin Greyfriars, Observant}} |- valign=top |''Elgin Whitefriars'' ? | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />''probable confusion with Greyfriars'' | | |- valign=top |''Forres Blackfriars'' | |supposed '''Dominican Friars'''<ref group="note" name="ForresBlackfriars">Forres Blackfriars β included in Dumfries list</ref> β ''evidence lacking'' | | |- valign=top |[[Kinloss Abbey]] |[[File:Kinloss Abbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Melrose Abbey|Melrose]]<br />daughter house of Melrose;<br />founded 21 May 1150 by [[David I of Scotland|David I]];<br />dissolved 1560;<br />secularised 1601, erected into a temporal lordship for Edward Bruce, becoming Lord Kinloss, (charters 1601, 1608) |The Abbey Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]], [[Kinloss Abbey|Kinloss]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/15888/details/kinloss+abbey+and+burial+ground/ Site Record for Kinloss Abbey And Burial Ground Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.6339271|-3.5665119|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Kinloss Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Pluscarden Abbey]] * |[[File:Pluscarden Abbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Valliscaulian monks''' β from [[Valliscaulian Order|Val des Choux]]<br />[[priory]] 1230;<br />'''Benedictine monks'''<br />dependent on Dunfermline;<br />dissolved 1587, united with Urquhart;<br />'''Benedictine monks''' [[priory]], now [[Benedictine]] [[abbey]] |The Abbey Church of [[St Andrew|Saint Andrew]], [[Pluscarden Abbey|Pluscarden]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/16094/details/pluscarden+abbey/ Site Record for Pluscarden Abbey Pluscarden Priory; Vallisculian Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|57.6005539|-3.4374547|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Pluscarden Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Urquhart Priory]] <sup>#</sup> | |'''Benedictine monks''' β from [[Dunfermline Abbey|Dunfermline]]<br />dependent on Dunfermline;<br />founded 1124, reputedly by [[David I of Scotland|David I]] who made a ''grant'' made between 1130 and 1150;<br />Pluscarden united with Urquhart;<br />took formal possession of Pluscarden 8 November 1454;<br />community settled at Pluscarden due to the extent of the buildings there;<br />no remains on site, stone cross from priory incorporated into the wall of current parish church hall |The Priory Church of [[the Holy Trinity]], [[Urquhart Priory|Urquhart]] |<ref>[http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/urquhart/urquhart/index.html Urquhart Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland]</ref><br />{{coord|57.6481164|-3.1934381|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Urquhart Priory (site)}} ''site''<br />{{coord|57.6535994|-3.1998907|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Urquhart Priory (location of vestiges)}} ''vestiges'' |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Orkney=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Orkney |width=500 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Orkney |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Orkney|lat=59.136571|long=-3.3301824|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Brough of Birsay Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Orkney|lat=59.1412545|long=-3.1218123|label_size=75|position=top|label=Eynhallow Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Orkney|lat=59.1488162|long=-2.588262|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=right|label=Golgotha Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Orkney|lat=59.1480757|long=-2.5793016|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=left|label=Papa Stronsay Monastery}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Brough of Birsay Monastery |[[File:Brough of Birsay - geograph.org.uk - 1574452.jpg|150px]] |possible '''Celtic monks''' [[monastic]] settlement 6thC suggested to have connection with the name of St Colum or St Columba;<br />Viking farmstead 9thC;<br />cathedral early-12thC, ''foundation unknown'';<br />see translated to Kirkwall 12thC;<br />church probably in parochial use until 13thC;<br />[[Bishop|episcopal]] residence in use to 14thC |''St Peter's Monastery'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/1796/details/brough+of+birsay/ Site Record for Brough Of Birsay St Peter's Chapel; St Peter's Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|59.136571|-3.3301824|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Brough of Birsay Monastery}} |- valign=top |''Brough of Birsay Red Friars'' | |alleged '''Trinitarians'''<ref group="note" name="BroughOfBirsayRedFriars">'Brough of Birsay Red Friars': ''Reports of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland, Orkney and Shetlands'' (Edinburgh, 1909-), ii, I, p.3</ref> β ''order unconfirmed'' | | |- valign=top |[[Eynhallow Church|Eynhallow Monastery]] <sup>#</sup> |[[File:Eynhallow Monastery - geograph.org.uk - 862307.jpg|150px]] |possible site of [[monastic]] settlement 12thC;<br />evidently ceased well before 16thC | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/2170/details/eynhallow+monastery/ Site Record for Eynhallow Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|59.1412545|-3.1218123|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Eynhallow Monastery}} |- valign=top |Golgotha Monastery *, Papa Stronsay | |'''Transalpine Redemptorists'''<br />transferred from Joinville, France; island purchased 31 May 1999; extant | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/242486/details/papa+stronsay/ Site Record for Papa Stronsay Golgotha Monastery Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.papastronsay.com/index.html Papa Stronsay, home of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer β papastronsay.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511045033/http://www.papastronsay.com/index.html |date=11 May 2012 }}</ref><br />{{coord|59.1488162|-2.588262|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Golgotha Monastery}} |- valign=top |Hichaten Priory | |'''Cistercian monks'''<br />''supposed foundation β no such location identified in the Orkneys'' |''Hichaten vel Orcades'' | |- valign=top |[[Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer|Transalpine Redemptorists]] | |possible '''[[Papar]]i''' or '''Pictish monks'''<br />founded 8thC? | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/3291/details/papa+stronsay+st+nicholas+chapel/ Site Record for Papa Stronsay, St Nicholas' Chapel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|59.1480757|-2.5793016|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Papa Stronsay Monastery}} |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Perth & Kinross=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Perth and Kinross |width=700 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Perth & Kinross |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.3333603|long=-3.3118629|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=bottom|label=Abernethy Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.3171734|long=-3.6611402|label_size=75|label_width=14|position=top|label=Aberuthven<br>''(erroneously asserted cell)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.5440363|long=-3.2664156|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Coupar Angus Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.565|long=-3.589722|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Dunkeld Monastery β now cathedral}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.380297|long=3.391964|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Elcho Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.383273|long=-3.6959204|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Inchaffray Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.5839458|long=-4.0103316|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Loch Tay Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.7132802|long=-2.4773097|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Montrose Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.3902142|long=-3.4393558|label_size=75|label_width=10|marksize=14|position=bottom|label=PERTH<br>''(see right)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.3645132|long=-3.3736181|label_size=75|label_width=14|position=right|label=Rindalgros monastic settlement?}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.4191892|long=-4.661639|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=St Fillan's Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.187532|long=-3.3524609|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=St Serf's Inch Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.4226961|long=-3.4320903|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Scone Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.1994528|long=-3.3123565|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Scotlandwell Red Friars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth and Kinross|lat=56.3980407|long=-3.4456026|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Tullilum Whitefriars}} }} {{Location map+ |Scotland Perth |width=400 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Perth |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth|lat=56.398719|long=-3.4308532|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth|lat=56.3902142|long=-3.4393558|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=bottom|label=Perth Charterhouse}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Perth|lat=56.390439|long=-3.4393645|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=St Leonard's Priory}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Abernethy Priory]] |[[File:Abernethy Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 839845.jpg|150px]] |'''Culdees'''<br />founded c. 6thC by [[Nechtan nepos Uerb|Nechtan]], King of the Picts;<br />possible cathedral;<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />founded 1272 or 1273;<br />dissolved or secularised early 14thC, ''erroneously attributed to George, Earl of Angus c.1450'';<br />'''secular canons''' collegiate<br />founded |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Brigit of Kildare|Saint Bridget]] and Saint Abrinca St Bride |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28005/details/abernethy+school+wynd+kirk+of+st+bride/ Site Record for Abernethy, School Wynd, Kirk Of St Bride Abernethy Parish Church; St Bride's Church Details]</ref><ref>[http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cmas/site.php?id=125608 Corpus of Scottish medieval parish churches: Dunblane and Dunkeld dioceses] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120630205619/http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cmas/site.php?id=125608 |date=30 June 2012 }}</ref><br />{{coord|56.3333603|-3.3118629|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Abernethy Priory}} |- valign=top |''Aberuthven 'Cell' '' |colspan=3|church granted to the 'brethren' at Inchafray c. 1198;<br />asserted cell of Inchafray<br />granted to the Augustinian Canons Regular at Inchafray c. 1200; remained a parochial church rather than a cell |{{coord|56.3171734|-3.6611402|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Aberuthven (erroneously asserted cell)}} |- valign=top |[[Coupar Angus Abbey]] |[[File:Coupar Angus Abbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Melrose Abbey|Melrose]]<br />founded 1161/64, planned by [[Malcolm IV of Scotland|Malcolm IV]] on the advice of Waltheof of Melrose; abbot appointed 12 July 1164;<br />dissolved 1560; granted to Andrew Lamb 24 March 1603;<br />granted to Patrick Sterling 20 May 1607;<br />secularised 1606; erected into a temporal lordship for James Elphinstone, thereafter Lord Coupar;<br />Lamb resigned the claim 24 January 1607 |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|The Blessed Virgin Mary]], [[Coupar Angus Abbey|Coupar Angus]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/30556/details/coupar+angus+queen+street+abbey+church/ Site Record for Coupar Angus, Queen Street, Abbey Church Coupar Angus Church; Parish Church Of Coupar Angus; Coupar Angus Abbey Details]</ref><ref>[http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/abbeys/coupar_angus.php The Cistercians in Yorkshire: Coupar Angus Abbey]</ref><br />{{coord|56.5440363|-3.2664156|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Coupar Angus Abbey}} |- valign=top |Coupar Angus Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<ref group="note" name="CouparAngusBlackfriars">Coupar Angus Blackfriars β listed by J. Spottiswoode, ''History of the Church of Scotland'' (1677), p.16 (25)</ref><br />founded c. 1480, probably by Thomas, commendator-abbot of Coupar and dean of Dunkeld<ref group="note" name="CouparAngusBlackfriars1">Coupar Angus Blackfriars β foundation: foundation date and founder unknown: Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie, Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh, suggested founder (p.1241), suggested date (p.1248)</ref> | | |- valign=top |Dalvey Cell | |'''Valliscaulian monks'''<br />supposed cell dependent on Pluscarden;<br / >''evidence lacking β considered conjectural'' | | |- valign=top |Dron Priory | |'''Cistercian monks'''<br />supposed foundation purportedly dependent on Coupar Angus β ''dubious'' | |''{{coord|56.4572|-3.1233|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Dron Priory? (supposed)}}'' |- valign=top |''Dull Priory'' | |suggested house of '''''Tironensian monks''''', ''references apparently erroneous'' | | |- valign=top |[[Dunkeld Cathedral|Dunkeld Monastery]] |[[File:Dunkeld Cathedral.jpg|150px]] |built before 849 by [[Kenneth MacAlpin|Kenneth mac Alpin]] | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/27156/details/dunkeld+cathedral+street+dunkeld+cathedral/ Site Record for Dunkeld, Cathedral Street, Dunkeld Cathedral Dunkeld Parish Church Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56|33|54|N|3|35|23|W|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Dunkeld Monastery β now cathedral}} |- valign=top |[[Elcho Priory]] | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />founded before 1241, attributed to David Lindsay I;<br />dissolved or secularised 1610; erected into a temporal lordship for Lord Scone (later Viscount Stormont) |''Elcho Nunnery'';<br />''Orchardnook'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28389/details/grange+of+elcho/ Site Record for Grange Of Elcho Elcho Nunnery; Orchardnook Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.380297|N|3.391964|W|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Elcho Priory}} |- valign=top |''Forfar Abbey'' |colspan=4|'''''Cistercian monks''' β erroneous reference to Coupar Angus'' |- valign=top |''Forfar Greyfriars'' | |supposed '''''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''''<br />''erroneous reference''<ref group="note" name="ForfarGreyfriars">Forfar Greyfriars β ''Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland'', ed. J. Bain, (Edinburgh, 1881-8), (ii, no. 856) includes reference to such a house; ''Documents Illustrative of the History of Scotland 1286-1306'', ed. J. Stevenson (Edinburgh, 1870), (ii, no. cccclxxxiv, 23 November 1297) shows this to be erroneous</ref> | | |- valign=top |[[Inchaffray Abbey]] |[[File:Inchaffray Abbey.jpg|150px]] |community of brethren<br />''foundation unknown'';<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />priory founded c. 1200 by Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn, granted to [[Scone Abbey|Scone]];<br />raised to abbey status 1220 or 1221;<br />dissolved or secularised 1609-69, erected into temporal lordship 31 January 1609, established 15 February 1669 |The Abbey Church of [[St John the Evangelist|Saint John the Evangelist]] and [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Inchaffray Abbey|Inchaffray]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/26164/details/inchaffray+abbey/ Site Record for Inchaffray Abbey Insula Missarum; Isle Of Masses; Inis Aifreen Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.383273|-3.6959204|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Inchaffray Abbey}} |- valign=top |''Kinkell 'Cell' '' |colspan=4|'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />asserted cell of Inchaffray; actually parochial church |- valign=top |Kinkell Commandery | |'''Knights Hospitaller''' β ''traditional β no evidence'' | | |- valign=top |[[Loch Tay Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β from [[Scone Abbey|Scone]]<br />''uncertain foundation'';<br />island granted to Scone by [[Alexander I of Scotland|Alexander I]] 1122 |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Loch Tay]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/24932/details/loch+tay+priory+island/ Site Record for Loch Tay, Priory Island Eilean Nam Ban; Sybilla's Island; Isle Of Loch Tay Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.5839458|-4.0103316|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Loch Tay Priory}} |- valign=top |Methven Monastery | |'''secular priests'''<br />founded between 1214 and 1223? | | |- valign=top |Montrose Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded 1230, purportedly by Sir Alan Durward;<br />apparently abandoned after being destroyed 14thC;<br />secularised 1570/1, revenues granted to the Burgh of Montrose by [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]] 1 January 1570/1 |The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br />____________________<br />''Blackfriars Hospital'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/36232/details/montrose+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Montrose, Dominican Friary Blackfriars Hospital Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.7132802|-2.4773097|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Montrose Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |[[Muthill Monastery]] | |'''Culdees'''<br />founded between 1178 and 1195;<br />dissolved by 1236 | | |- valign=top |Perth Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded before 1240, (purportedly 1231) by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]];<br />secularised 1569, lands and revenues granted to the Burgh of Perth by [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]] 9 August 1569 |St Andrew |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28428/details/perth+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Perth, Dominican Friary Black Friars' Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.398719|-3.4308532|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Perth Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Perth Greyfriars | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded before 1496, purported (spurious) [[papal bull]] of [[Pope Pius II|Pius II]] 26 July 1460 confirming building by Sir Laurence of Oliphant of Aberdelgie; (erroneous reference to 1358 foundation is evidently the Blackfriars' house)<br />dissolved or secularised 1559-60, destroyed by Reformers 1559; site became a cemetery 1580 | | |- valign=top |[[Perth Charterhouse]] | |'''Carthusian monks'''<br />founded 1429, proposed by [[James I of Scotland|James I]], authorised by the Prior of Grande Chartreuse 19 August 1426, consent of the General Chapter;<br />dissolved or secularised 1569; possession passed to the Town Council 1602 |''Vale of Virtue Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28432/details/perth+priory+chapel+and+hospital+of+st+leonard/ Site Record for Perth, Priory, Chapel And Hospital Of St Leonard Leonard Institution; St Leonard's Cottage; Carr's Croft; Perth, General Railway Station Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3902142|-3.4393558|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Perth Charterhouse}} |- valign=top |Perth, St Leonard's Priory | |'''Augustinian Canonesses'''<br />founded 13th century;<br />annexed to Perth Charterhouse ''(see immediately above)'' c. 1434 |St Leonard<br />____________________<br />''St Leonard's Priory and Hospital'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28432/details/perth+priory+chapel+and+hospital+of+st+leonard/ Site Record for Perth, Priory, Chapel And Hospital Of St Leonard Leonard Institution; St Leonard's Cottage; Carr's Croft; Perth, General Railway Station Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.390439|-3.4393645|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Perth, St Leonard's Priory}} |- valign=top |Rindalgros Monastery? | |'''Benedictine monks'''<br />dependent on [[Reading Abbey|Reading]], [[List of monastic houses in Berkshire|Berkshire]];<br />founded 1147-53(?), granted to Reading by [[David I of Scotland|David I]];<br />monastic community located here, though possibly no monastery was built<br />either transferred to Isle of May before 1151 or merged with Isle of May after 1151;<br />held by Isle of May 1231 |''Rhynd Monastery'';<br />''Rindelgros Monastery'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28204/details/rhynd/ Site Record for Rhynd Rindalgros; Rindelgros; Rindelcross Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3645132|-3.3736181|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Rindalgros monastic settlement?}} |- valign=top |[[St Fillan's Priory]] |[[File:Remains of St Fillan's Chapel (geograph 14718).jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β from [[Inchaffray Abbey|Inchaffray]]<br />founded 1317, land granted patronage of church of Killin to Inchafray by [[Robert I of Scotland|Robert I]] 26 February 1317/8;<br />granted to Campbell of Glenorchy;<br />revenues apparently granted to Archibald Campbell of Glencarradale by the Crown 19 March 1607 |The Priory Church of [[St Fillan|Saint Fillan]], St Fillan's<br />____________________<br />''Strathfillan Priory'';<br />''Strath Fillan Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23842/details/strathfillan+priory/ Site Record for Strathfillan Priory St Fillan's Church; Saint Fillan's Priory And Burial Ground, Kirkton Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.4191892|-4.661639|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=St Fillan's Priory}} |- valign=top |[[St Serf's Inch Priory]], St Serf's Inch, Loch Leven | |'''Culdees'''<br />founded before 842, traditionally by Brude mac Dergard, King of the Picts β more likely by Brude mac Ferat;<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />dependent on St Andrews;<br />founded 1152/3 (c. 1150);<br />dissolved or secularised 1580;<br />now within an island nature reserve usually without public access; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |''Portmoak Priory'';<br />''Portmoakso Priory'';<br />''Loch Leven Priory'';<br />''St Serf's Priory'';<br />''St Serf's Island Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/27872/details/loch+leven+st+serf+s+island+st+serf+s+priory+church/ Site Record for Loch Leven, St Serf's Island, St Serf's Priory Church Culdee Monastery Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.187532|-3.3524609 |format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=St Serf's Inch Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Scone Abbey]] | |'''Culdees''' or '''Columban monks'''<br />''evidence lacking;<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β from [[Nostell Priory|Nostell]]<br />''(?re)founded c. 1120 purportedly by [[Alexander I of Scotland|Alexander I]] |The Abbey Church of [[the Holy Trinity]], [[St Mary|The Blessed Virgin Mary]], [[Lawrence of Rome|Saint Laurence]], [[Augustine of Canterbury|Saint Augustine]] and [[St Michael|Saint Michael]], [[Scone Abbey|Scone]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28192/details/scone+abbey/ Site Record for Scone Abbey New Scone; Scone Park; Scone Palace Policies; Scone Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.4226961|-3.4320903|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Scone Abbey}} |- valign=top |Scotlandwell Red Friars | |originally hospital of St Mary;<br />'''Trinitarians'''<br />granted by David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews 2 January 1250/1;<br />secularised before 1591/2 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/27874/details/scotlandwell+priory/ Site Record for Scotlandwell Priory Well Caravan Site; Scotlandwell, St Mary's Hospital; Scotlandwell Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.1994528|-3.3123565|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Scotlandwell Red Friars}} |- valign=top |Tullilum Whitefriars | |'''Carmelite Friars'''<br />founded 1262, chapel granted by Richard, Bishop of Dunkeld;<br />dissolved or secularised after 1559;<br />purportedly destroyed by Reformers 1559; granted to Patrick Murray of Tibbermore, confirmed by the Crown 23 June 1565<ref group="note" name="Tullilum Whitefriars">Tullilum Whitefriars β Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regnum Scotorum, ed. M. Livingstone and others (Edinburgh, 1908β ), V, no.2124</ref> |''Perth Whitefriars'';<br />''Tulliburn Whitefriars''<br />''The White Chapel'' (nave) |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28425/photographs/perth+whitefriars+street+carmelite+friary/ Site Record for Perth, Whitefriars Street, Carmelite Friary Tulliburn; White Friars Monastery; Carmelite Friary Of Tullilum; Riggs Road Photographs]</ref><br />{{coord|56.3980407|-3.4456026|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Tullilum Whitefriars}} |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Renfrewshire=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Renfrewshire |width=300 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Renfrewshire |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Renfrewshire|lat=55.8925006|long=-4.4307342|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Inchinnan 'Preceptory'}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Renfrewshire|lat=55.8448677|long=-4.4203448|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Paisley Abbey}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Inchinnan Monastery | |traditionally a monastic settlement | | |- valign=top |''Inchinnan 'Preceptory' '' |colspan=3|'''Knights Templar'''<br />''no house β parochial church held by the Templars, and later the Hospitallers'';<br />North Bar House on site |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/43093/details/inchinnan/ Site Record for Inchinnan Northbar House, Preceptory Of Greenend Of The Knights Templar And Knights Of St John Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8925006|-4.4307342|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Inchinnan 'Preceptory'}} |- valign=top |[[Paisley Abbey]] <sup>+</sup> |[[File:Paisley Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 371254.jpg|150px]] |'''Cluniac monks''' β from [[Much Wenlock Priory|Wenlock]], [[List of monastic houses in Shropshire|Shropshire]]<br />priory founded c. 1169 (1163);<br />raised to abbey status 1219 (1245);<br />dissolved 1587;<br />([[Church of Scotland|CS]]) |The Abbey Church of saints [[St Mary|Mary]], [[James, son of Zebedee|James]], [[Saint Mirin|Mirin]] and [[Milburga of Wenlock|Milburga]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/43139/details/paisley+abbey/ Site Record for Paisley Abbey Abbey Close, Paisley Abbey; Abercorn Aisle Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.paisleyabbey.org.uk/ Paisley Abbey]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8448677|-4.4203448|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Paisley Abbey}} |- valign=top |Renfrew Priory | |'''Cluniac monks''' β from [[Cluny Abbey|Cluny]]<br />founded c. 1163;<br />dissolved between 1169 and 1173 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/44174/details/renfrew/ Site Record for Renfrew Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8731801|-4.3812758|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Renfrew Priory}} |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Scottish Borders=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Scottish Borders |width=500 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Scottish Borders |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.8864591|long=-2.1550852|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Coldingham Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.5772803|long=-2.6494968|label_size=75|position=bottom|label=Dryburgh Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.7356402|long=-2.3637611|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Fogo Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.4766524|long=-2.5546753|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=left|label=Jedburgh Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.479933|long=-2.5534|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=right|label=Jedburgh Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.5972259|long=-2.4325168|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=bottom|label=Kelso Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.5991019|long=-2.7180272|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=left|label=Melrose Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.5977199|long=-2.6554406|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Old Melrose Monastery<br>''(site)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.6542387|long=-3.1924832|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Peebles Red Friars<br>''(site)''}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.5962496|long=-2.4454495|label_size=75|position=top|label=Roxburgh Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Scottish Borders|lat=55.8530937|long=-2.3872934|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=St Bothan's Priory}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Ancrum Preceptory | |'''Knights Hospitaller'''<br />purported preceptory or hospital - ''conjectural'' (secular foundation at Ancrum Spittal) | | |- valign=top |''Ancrum Red Friars'' | |'''Trinitarians'''<br />supposed house<ref group="note" name="AncrumRedFriars">Ancrum Red Friars β Geographical Collections relating to Scotland made by Walter Macfarlane (SHS, 1906-08), iii, p.158</ref> β ''evidence lacking'' | | |- valign=top |Berwick Austin Friars |colspan=4| Formerly located in Scotland until [[Capture of Berwick (1482)]]. See [[List of monastic houses in Northumberland]] |- valign=top |Berwick Blackfriars |colspan=4| Formerly located in Scotland until [[Capture of Berwick (1482)]]. See [[List of monastic houses in Northumberland]] |- valign=top |Berwick Greyfriars |colspan=4| Formerly located in Scotland until [[Capture of Berwick (1482)]]. See [[List of monastic houses in Northumberland]] |- valign=top |Berwick Priory |colspan=4| Formerly located in Scotland until [[Capture of Berwick (1482)]]. See [[List of monastic houses in Northumberland]] |- valign=top |Berwick Red Friars |colspan=4| Formerly located in Scotland until [[Capture of Berwick (1482)]]. See [[List of monastic houses in Northumberland]] |- valign=top |Berwick Friars of the Sack |colspan=4| Formerly located in Scotland until [[Capture of Berwick (1482)]]. See [[List of monastic houses in Northumberland]] |- valign=top |Berwick Whitefriars |colspan=4| Formerly located in Scotland until [[Capture of Berwick (1482)]]. See [[List of monastic houses in Northumberland]] |- valign=top |''Charterhouse'' |colspan=4|'''''Carthusian monks'''<br />no evidence of monastic house β probable interpretation of reference to Perth Charterhouse'' |- valign=top |[[Coldingham Priory]] <sup>+</sup> |[[File:Coldingham Priory 2005.jpg|150px]] |'''monks''' and '''nuns'''<br />double house;<br />founded before 661 and 664 by [[Γbbe of Coldingham|Ebba]], daughter of [[Γthelfrith of Northumbria|King Γthelfrith of Northumbria]];<br />''damaged'' by fire c. 683, and abandoned by most of the community;<br />'''nuns'''<br />dependent on Lindisfarne before 854;<br />destroyed in raids by the Danes c. 870;<br />'''Benedictine monks'''<br />dependent on [[Durham Cathedral|Durham]];<br />shire granted to Durham by [[Edgar, King of Scotland|King Edgar]] c. 1098;<br />founded before 1139;<br />dependent on [[Dunfermline Abbey|Dunfermline]] 14th-15thC;<br />monks evicted 1532, 1542 and 1544/5;<br />destroyed in warfare by 4 February 1551/2;<br />dissolved 1606;<br />most of remaining buildings destroyed by [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]] 1648;<br />part of conventual church restored;<br />now in parochial use |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Aebbe the Elder|Saint Ebba]] and [[St Cuthbert|Saint Cuthbert]], [[Coldingham]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/60143/details/coldingham+church/ Site Record for Coldingham Church Coldingham Priory Church; Coldingham Priory, Claustral Remains; Coldingham Benedictine Priory Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8864591|-2.1550852|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Coldingham Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Coldstream Priory]] | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />founded before 1166 by Earl Gospatrick;<br />dissolved or secularised 1621, erected into a temporal lordship for Sir John Hamilton of Trabroun | | |- valign=top |''Crail Priory'' | | apocryphal establishment of nuns | | |- valign=top |[[Eccles Priory]] | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />purportedly founded 1156 (or 1145 or 1155), attributed to Earl Gospatrick, or a countess of March (possibly Derdere, wife of Earl Gospatrick);<br />dissolved or secularised 1609; erected into a temporal lordship of Sir George Hume 24 June 1609 | | |- valign=top |[[Dryburgh Abbey]] |[[File:Dryburgh Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 795053.jpg|150px]] |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' β from [[Alnwick Abbey|Alnwick]]<br />daughter house of Alnwick;<br />founded 1150;<br />dissolved or secularised 1606;<br />([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Dryburgh Abbey|Dryburgh]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/55618/details/dryburgh+abbey/ Site Record for Dryburgh Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.5772803|-2.6494968|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Dryburgh Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Fogo Priory]] |[[File:Fogo Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 1188284.jpg|150px]] |'''Tironensian monks''' β from [[Kelso Abbey|Kelso]]<br />dependent on Kelso;<br />founded between 1259 and 1297, church of St Nicholas granted to Kelso by Patrick Corbet;<br />''dissolution unknown'' | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/58484/details/fogo+st+nicholas+chapel/ Site Record for Fogo, St Nicholas' Chapel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.7356402|-2.3637611|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Fogo Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Jedburgh Abbey]] |[[File:Jedburgh Abbey01.jpg|150px]] |land granted by Ecgred, Bishop of Lindisfarne c. 830;<br />'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β apparently from St-Quentin, Beauvais<br />priory founded c. 1138 (1148) by [[David I of Scotland|David I]] with the assistance of [[John Capellanus|John]], Bishop of Glasgow;<br />''erroneously referred to as Cluniac in one manuscript'';<br />raised to abbey status c. 1154;<br />dissolved or secularised 1696;<br />([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Jedburgh Abbey|Jedburgh]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/57020/details/jedburgh+abbey/ Site Record for Jedburgh Abbey Jedburgh, Augustinian Abbey Of St Mary Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.4766524|-2.5546753|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Jedburgh Abbey}} |- valign=top |Jedburgh Blackfriars | |locally but inaccurately cited '''Dominican Friars'''<ref group="note" name="JedburghBlackfriars">Jedburgh Blackfriars β included in Dumfries lists</ref><ref group="note" name="JedburghBlackfriars1">Jedburgh Blackfriars β Watson, ''History of the Franciscan Friary of Jedburgh'', HNBC, 1906, p.82</ref> | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/96554/details/jedburgh+high+street+trinity+church/ Site Record for Jedburgh, High Street, Trinity Church Blackfriars Church Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4910/name/Blackfriars+Church+Jedburgh+Borders Blackfriars Church - Jedburgh, Borders - Scottish Church Heritage Research]</ref><br />{{coord|55.479933|-2.553400|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Jedburgh Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Jedburgh Greyfriars | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded before 1505; allegedly built 1513 by the nobles of the Border;<br />dissolved or ''secularised unknown'' | | |- valign=top |[[Kelso Abbey]] |[[File:Kelso Abbey 012.jpg|150px]] |'''Tironensian monks'''<br />(community founded at Selkirk c. 1113);<br />transferred from Selkirk in 1128;<br />dissolved or secularised 1607;<br />([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[John the Apostle|Saint John]], [[Kelso, Scottish Borders|Kelso]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/58418/details/kelso+bridge+street+abbey/ Site Record for Kelso, Bridge Street, Abbey Monastery At Kelso; Kelso Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.5972259|-2.4325168|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Kelso Abbey}} |- valign=top |''Makerstoun Charterhouse'' | |'''Carthusian monks'''<br />land granted to the Carthusians at Perth by Archibald, Earl of Douglas 2 February 1433/4; ''no evidence of monastic foundation'' | | |- valign=top |[[Melrose Abbey]] |[[File:Melrose abbey 1.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' β from [[Rievaulx Abbey|Rievaulx]]/[[Holmcultram Abbey|Holmcultram]]<br />founded 1136/7 by [[David I of Scotland|David I]];<br />dissolved 1598;<br />bestowed on James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso;<br />secularised 1609, erected into a temporal lordship for John Ramsay, Viscount Haddington, becoming Lord Melrose;<br />([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[John the Apostle|Saint John]], [[Melrose Abbey|Melrose]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/55738/details/melrose+abbey/ Site Record for Melrose Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.5991019|-2.7180272|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Melrose Abbey}} |- valign=top |Old Melrose Monastery | |'''Celtic monks'''<br />possibly from Iona<br />founded between 635 and 651;<br />destroyed by [[Kenneth MacAlpin|Kenneth mac Alpin]] 839;<br />under the bishops of Lindisfarne until 854;<br />attempted ''refoundation'' by Aldwin of Jarrow;<br />abandoned 1074;<br />church of St Cuthbert founded;<br />dependent on [[Durham Cathedral|Durham]] until between 1124 and 1136;<br />exchanged for the church at Berwick by [[David I of Scotland|King David I]] between 1124 and 1136;<br />annexed to Cistercian monastery at [[Melrose Abbey|Melrose]] |''St Cuthbert's Chapel'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/55631/details/old+melrose+st+cuthbert+s+chapel/ Site Record for Old Melrose, St Cuthbert's Chapel Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.5977199|-2.6554406|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Old Melrose Monastery (site)}} |- valign=top |Peebles Red Friars |[[File:Cross Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 1147139.jpg|150px]] |'''Trinitarians'''<br />church built after 9 May 1261, when cross of purported relics of 'St Nicholas the bishop' was found, motivating [[Alexander III of Scotland|Alexander III]] to build a church;<br />founded before 1296, when the master swore fealty to [[Edward I of England|Edward I]];<br />friary apparently founded c. 1448 with the approval of the bailies;<br />bailies claim to have expelled friars c. 1463, authorised by [[Pope Pius II|the Pope]] 21 April 1463; expulsion apparently not effected;<br />new foundation consented by petition of [[James III of Scotland|James III]] and his queen, 3 February 1473/4;<br />dissolved or secularised 1560/1;<br />lands erected to barony for John Hay of Yester 3 February 1624;<br />church in use until 1784 |The Friary Church of [[the Holy Trinity]], [[Peebles]]<br />____________________<br />''The Cross Kirk'';<br />''Holy Cross'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/51476/details/peebles+cross+road+cross+kirk/ Site Record for Peebles, Cross Road, Cross Kirk Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.6542387|-3.1924832|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Peebles Red Friars (site)}} |- valign=top |Roxburgh Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual'''<br />founded 1232 or 1232-4 by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]];<ref group="note" name="RoxburghGreyfriars">Roxburgh Greyfriars β foundation: probably spurious charter of foundation 18 October 1232 cited by Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), pp.1281-2</ref><br />destroyed: burned by the English 14 September 1454<ref group="note" name="RoxburghGreyfriars1">Roxburgh Greyfriars β destruction: ''Letters and Papers, foreign and domestic of the reign of Henry VIII'' ed. by J. S. Brewer and others (London, 1864-1932), xx<sup>2</sup> no. 456, 533</ref><br />dissolved or secularised after 1547, evidently; partly re-roofed November 1547 and in use for English troops | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/58413/details/roxburgh+franciscan+friary/ Site Record for Roxburgh, Franciscan Friary Convent Of Grey Friars And Church Of St Peter Details]</ref><br />{{coord|55.5962496|-2.4454495|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Roxburgh Greyfriars}} |- valign=top |''Roxburgh Priory'' | |purported '''''Augustinian Canons Regular''' β probable confusion with Fransciscan friary'' | | |- valign=top |''Roxburgh Priory'' | |'''''Cistercian monks''' β unfounded assertion'';<ref group="note" name="RoxburghPriory">Roxburgh β A. O. Anderson, ''Early Sources'', ii, p.183, ''note'', according to papal legate declaration, and referring to the exemption of the church of St James, synodal and episcopal aids: 'It seems, therefore, to have been occupied by Cistercian monks at this time'</ref> church of St James held by [[Kelso Abbey|Kelso]], ''the settlement of monks, or of Cistercians, is unsubstantiated'' | | |- valign=top |[[St Bothan's Priory]],<br />[[Abbey St Bathans]] | |'''Cistercian nuns'''<br />founded 13thC (possibly during the reign of [[William the Lion]]) possibly by a countess of March, or by Ada, daughter of William the Lion, or Christina, wife of Earl Patrick, or Euphemia, wife of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar;<br />leased to Alexander, Lord Home 16 June 1565/6;<br />conferred on Elizabeth Hume 8 March 1565/6, demitted before 23 July 1617;<br />granted to David Lindsay 23 July 1617;<br />dissolved or secularised 1622, erected into a temporal lordship for David Lindsay |''St Bathan's Priory'' |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/58780/details/abbey+st+bathans+church/ Site Record for Abbey St Bathans Church Abbey St Bathan's Kirk; St Bathan's Church; St Bathan's Convent Details]</ref><ref>[http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/cistercian_life/women/nuns/nunneries.php The Cistercians in Yorkshire β Cistercian nunneries in Britain and Ireland]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://poms.cch.kcl.ac.uk/db/record/person/5391/ |title=POMS - Paradox of Medieval Scotland |access-date=16 February 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033737/http://poms.cch.kcl.ac.uk/db/record/person/5391/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120712011145/http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/monasticon/index.php?function=detail&id=1081 Monasticon]</ref><br />{{coord|55.8530937|-2.3872934|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=St Bothan's Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Selkirk Abbey]] | |'''Tironensian monks''' β from [[Tiron Abbey|Tiron]]<br />founded c. 1113 by [[David I of Scotland|Earl David]];<br />transferred to Kelso c. 1128 | |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.selkirk.bordernet.co.uk/history/selkirkabbey.html |title=Selkirk Abbey, History of Selkirk Scotland |access-date=16 February 2012 |archive-date=1 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501145432/http://www.selkirk.bordernet.co.uk/history/selkirkabbey.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- valign=top |Selkirk Blackfriars | |'''Dominican Blackfriars'''<ref group="note" name="SelkirkBlackfriars">Selkirk Blackfriars β included in Dumfries lists</ref><br />charter of James Tweedie of Drumelzier, 28 September 1358, granted site to build a new monastery on the instruction of [[David II of Scotland|King David II]]<ref group="note" name="SelkirkBlackfriars1">Selkirk Blackfriars β charter of dubious merit (purportedly bearing the seal of Alexander Maxwell, Archdeacon of 'Tuuedaliae' β if Tweedale: no such archdeaconry, if Teviotdale: no record of archdeacon of that name) cited by Manuscript collections of Father Marianus Brockie (Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh), p.1242</ref> β ''evidence lacking'' |St Ninian | |} The following location in the Scottish Borders has no known monastic connection: *Abbey: placename probably does not pre-date 1726 [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Stirling=== {{Location map+ |Scotland Stirling |width=500 |float=left |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Stirling |places= {{Location map~ |Scotland Stirling|lat=56.1233031|long=-3.917495|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Cambuskenneth Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Stirling|lat=56.1894902|long=-3.9650345|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Dunblane Monastery β now cathedral}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Stirling|lat=56.176342|long=-4.2979181|label_size=75|label_width=10|position=top|label=Inchmahome Priory}} {{Location map~ |Scotland Stirling|lat=56.119444|long=-3.936667|label_size=75|position=left|label=Stirling Blackfriars}} }} {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |[[Cambuskenneth Abbey]] |[[File:Fm cambuskenneth abbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular β Arroasian''' β from [[Arrouaise (Abbey and Order)|Arroaise]]<br />founded 1147; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Cambuskenneth Abbey|Cambuskenneth]] |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/47271/details/cambuskenneth+abbey/ Site Record for Cambuskenneth Abbey Abbey Of St Mary Of Stirling Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.1233031|-3.917495|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Cambuskenneth Abbey}} |- valign=top |[[Dunblane Cathedral|Dunblane Monastery]] |[[File:Dunblane Cathedral.jpg|150px]] |early foundation, possible '''Culdees''' β ''unsubstantiated'';<br />cathedral founded before 1214β1223 | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/24672/details/dunblane+kirk+street+dunblane+cathedral/ Site Record for Dunblane, Kirk Street, Dunblane Cathedral Dunblane Parish Church; Cathedral Church Of Saint Blaan And Saint Laurence Details]</ref><ref>[http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/ Dunblane Cathedral - Home]</ref><br />{{coord|56.1894902|-3.9650345|region:GB_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Dunblane Monastery β now cathedral}} |- valign=top |Inchcailleoch Priory | |'''''nuns''' of unspecified order'' - ''traditional'' (assumed from the name of the island - purportedly "the island of old women"), parochial church β ''no evidence of monastic foundation'' | | |- valign=top |[[Inchmahome Priory]], [[Lake of Menteith]] |[[File:Inchmahome Priory - 1 - 06052008.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular'''<br />independent priory founded 1238 by Walter, Earl of Menteith; dissolved or secularised 1604; erected into temporal lordship for John Erskine, Second Earl of Mar 1604 and 1606; ([[Historic Scotland|HS]]) | |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/24063/details/lake+of+menteith+inchmahome+priory/ Site Record for Lake Of Menteith, Inchmahome Priory Inchmahome Abbey Details]</ref><br />{{coord|56.176342|-4.2979181|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark_source:enwiki|name=Inchmahome Priory}} |- valign=top |[[Blackfriars, Stirling|Stirling Blackfriars]] | |'''Dominican Friars'''<br />founded before 1249 by [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]];<br />purportedly destroyed by Reformers June 1559;<br />putatively granted to Alexander Erskine of Cangnoir May 1560;<br />secularised 1567, granted to the municipality of Stirling by Queen Mary 15 April 1567, though Erskine retained possession until 1652 |St Laurence |<ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/46223/details/stirling+dominican+friary/ Site Record for Stirling, Dominican Friary Blackfriars Church Details]</ref><ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/stirlingblackfriars/ Stirling.Blackfriars]</ref><br />{{coord|56|07|10|N|3|56|12|W|type:landmark_region:GB|name=Stirling Blackfriars}} |- valign=top |Stirling Greyfriars | |'''Observant Franciscan Friars'''<br />founded 1494, allegedly by [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]];<br />dissolved or secularised 1559-67; destroyed by Reformers 1559; granted to the magistrates 15 April 1567 | | |} The following location in the Stirling Region has no monastic connection: *Ross Priory: mansion named 'Ross', renamed 'Ross Priory' 1810 [[#top|Return to top of page]] ===Unidentified supposed foundations=== {|width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication <br />& ''alternative names'' !width = 10%|Online references & location |- valign=top |Ancaria | |'''Cistercian monks''', mentioned 1530 | | |- valign=top |Crenach Red Friars | |supposed '''Trinitarians''', located in Cromarty (Highland Region), purportedly founded c. 1271 by Patrick Murray;<br />possibly indicates Greenock, Renfrewshire (or Greenock, East Ayrshire), or Carnwath, Lanarkshire β ''no monastic house at those locations β probably fictitious'' |''Crennach'';<br />''Crenwathe'' | |- valign=top |Crusay | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''', alleged foundation in the Western Isles, possible misreading of Oronsay | | |- valign=top |Molista | |'''nuns''' of unspecified order β suggested site of a house on the basis of the name: "the town (or house) of the black old women" | | |- valign=top |''Oggerstone Preceptory'' | |'''Knights Templar'''<br />given as fort and barony of Templars<ref group="note" name="OggerstonePreceptory">Oggerstone Preceptory β J. Spottiswoode, ''An account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation'' (included in R. Keith, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'' (Edinburgh, 1824)), p.435</ref> β ''actual reference to Ogerstone, Huntingdon, England (see [[List of monastic houses in Cambridgeshire]])'' | | |- valign=top |''unlocated'' | |'''''Carthusian monks''''', petition by Archibald, Earl of Douglas, granted by [[Pope Martin V|the Pope]] 5 June 1419 supplication for licence to found a house; projected foundation never implemented | | |} [[#top|Return to top of page]] == See also == *[[List of country houses in the United Kingdom]] *[[Hospitals in medieval Scotland]] ==Notes== {{Reflist|33em|group=note}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} == References == {{refbegin|33em}} * Thorold, Henry, ''Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland'', Collins, 1993 * Robinson, David, ''The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain'', B. T. Batsford with English Heritage, CADW, Historic Scotland, 2002 * Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E. (1976) ''Medieval Religious Houses Scotland''. Longman * Butler, Rev. D., M.A. [https://archive.org/details/scottishcathedra00butl ''Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys''], The Guild Library, A&C Black, 1901 * Leicester Addis, M. E., [https://archive.org/details/cathedralsabbeys00addiuoft ''Cathedrals and Abbeys of Presbyterian Scotland''], Philadelphia, The Westminster Press, 1901 * Fawcett, R., ''Scottish Abbeys and Priories'', Historic Scotland, 1994 * Scotland Churches Scheme, ''Churches to Visit in Scotland, 1999'', Saint Andrew Press * Coventry, M. and Miller, J., ''Churches and Abbeys of Scotland'', Thistle Guide, Goblinshead, 2003 * Cruden, S., ''Scottish Abbeys, An Introduction to the mediΓ¦val Abbeys and Priories of Scotland'', Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960 * Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004) ''Discovering Abbeys and Priories'', Shire Publications Ltd. {{refend}}{{Tourism in Scotland}}{{Catholicism||collapsed}} {{History of Catholic theology||collapsed}} {{History of the Catholic Church|uncollapsed}} [[Category:Christian monasteries in Scotland|Abbeys and priories in Scotland]] [[Category:Lists of Christian monasteries in Scotland|Scotland]] [[Category:Lists of Buddhist buildings and structures|Scotland]] [[Category:Lists of monastic houses in the United Kingdom|Scotland]]
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