Archaeology Notes

Event ID 720161

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT74SE 6.00 76352 41291

NT74SE 6.01 7637 4114 long cist

NT74SE 6.02 763 411 fish pond

See also NT74SE 9.

(NT 7634 4129) Remains of St Mary's Convent (NR)

(Cistercian Nuns Founded AD 1165)

OS 6"map, (1957).

St Mary's Convent of Cistercian Nuns is said to have been founded, for the second time, in 1156 (D E Easson 1957) (Although the Inventory, RCAHMS 1915, gives the date as 1165 this is not supported by its authorities, both of which agree with Easson).

It was destroyed by the English in 1545, and secularised in 1609.

The remains consist of two barrel-vaulted cells displaying on the north wall a blocked-up round-headed window and a small fragment of a string-course decorated with chevron ornament.

A number of carved stones, including two Transitional-style capitals, lie about and an ancient font stands in the rose-garden of Eccles House.

RCAHMS 1915; J Ferguson 1892; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.

The remains are now incorporated in a modern garden-wall, and the cells are covered by a concrete roof.

Visited by OS (JD) 28 January 1955.

As described above. The font is at NT 76346 41271.

Visited by OS (RD) 30 June 1966.