North Berwick Priory
Architectural Fragment(S) (Medieval)
Site Name North Berwick Priory
Classification Architectural Fragment(S) (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) North Berwick Manse
Canmore ID 56764
Site Number NT58SW 3.04
NGR NT 545 849
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56764
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58SW 3.04 545 849.
Stones at Manse, North Berwick. The following fragments of architectural and antiquarian interest are built into a rockery in front the manse. They are understood to have been removed from the Nunnery ruins (see NT58SW 3).
(a) A 13th century base from a wall arcade 7 1/2 inches high by 12 inches broad across the lowest member. The shaft has had a diameter of 5 inches.
(b) A 13th century foliaceous capital 1 feet 1 inch in height by 1 foot 3 inches in breadth.
(c) The lower portion of a recumbent grave-slab 6 inches thick with a mean breadth of 1 foot 6 inches. A splay returns along the upper edge bordering a much worn inscription in Gothic lettering which is now illegible. In the panel is carved in relief a cross shaft terminating in a single step.
(d) The upper portion of a recumbent grave-slab 6 inches thick and 2 feet broad. A splay returns along the edge. In the panel there is a helmested head reclining on a cushion tasselled at the corners, beneath an elaborate canopy. An inscription in Gothic lettering has returned round the panel, but is now too decayed to be read without conjecture. (e) On a lintel 3 feet long and 8 inches broad is incised in Roman lettering the text 'Pasce Oves Meas". (Feed My Sheep)."
RCAHMS 1924
Items (a) and (b) are now in the Burgh Museum, North Berwick, while (c) (d) and (e) are located in the enclosure at St Andrews, pre-Reformation Church (NJ58NE 3).
Visited by OS (JLD) 11 September 1962
Field Visit (23 June 1919)
The following fragments of architectural and antiquarian interest are built into a rockery in front of the manse. They are understood to have been removed from the Nunnery ruins.
(a) A 13th century base from a wall arcade 7 ½ inches high by 12 inches broad across the lowest member. The shaft has had a diameter of 5 inches.
(b) A 13th century foliaceous capital 1 foot1 inch in height by I foot 3 inches in breadth.
(c) The lower portion of a recumbent graveslab 6 inches thick with a mean breadth of 1 foot 6 inches. A splay returns along the upper edge bordering a much worn inscription in Gothic lettering which is now illegible. In the panel is carved in relief a cross shaft terminating in a single step.
(d) The upper portion of a recumbent graveslab 6 inches thick and 2 feet broad. A splay returns along the edge. In the panel there is a helmeted head reclining on a cushion tasselled at the corners, beneath an elaborate canopy. An inscription in Gothic lettering has returned round the panel, but is now too decayed to be read without conjecture.
(e) On a lintel 3 feet long and 8 inches broad is incised in Roman lettering the text ‘Pasce Oves Meas’ (Feed My Sheep).
RCAHMS 1924, visited 23 June 1919.
