Publication Account

Date 1981

Event ID 1018214

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

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The Franciscan Friary at Lanark was never a large institution. The actual foundation of the institution, although projected by Robert the Bruce, appears to have been David II who obtained a bull of erection in 1346 (Cowan, 1976, 127). Located to the west of the present parish church, the friary before the Reformation was leased to the Lockharts of Lee, although it is not known when the institution was formally abandoned (Cowan, 1976, 127).

Information from ‘Historic Lanark: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).