Reference
Date 1957
Event ID 576970
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/576970
The remains of an Augustinian priory founded in 1207 or 1208 and dedicated to St Mary (Skene 1873) or St Oran (Pennant 1934).
In 1574 the prioress and convent disposed of the lands, which suggests that the priory was dissolved about that time.
The remains, substantial and, at least in part, original were repaired in 1923 and the cloister garth planted as a memorial garden. Many early sculptured stones are preserved in the convent.
In the NMAS are four silver spoons and a broken gold fillet found during preservation work in December 1922 at the base of the south respond of the chancel arch. There were indications that they had been deposited, wrapped in linen, in the 13th century.
The priory is sometimes attributed to the Benedictines, but Vatican records describe it as Augustinian.
D E Easson 1957; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896-7; A O Curle 1924; W F Skene 1875; T Pennant 1774; A Ritchie and E Ritchie 1934.