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Aberdeen, Benedictine Monastery

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Site Name Aberdeen, Benedictine Monastery

Classification No Class

Canmore ID 20069

Site Number NJ90NW 164

NGR NJ 94 06

NGR Description NJ c. 94 06

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Aberdeen
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District City Of Aberdeen
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ90NW 164 c. 94 06.

The Benedictine abbey and convent 'de Aberdona' is mentioned in a bull of Pope Gregory IX, dated 3 April 1231. This is a mistranscription, the abbey in question being Abingdon.

A Theiner (ed.) 1864; I B Cowan and D E Easson 1976.

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