Stirling, Allan Park
Leper Hospital (Medieval)
Site Name Stirling, Allan Park
Classification Leper Hospital (Medieval)
Canmore ID 46211
Site Number NS79SE 34
NGR NS 794 930
NGR Description NS c. 794 930
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish Stirling
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS79SE 34 794 930.
Leper House, Stirling: There are frequent references to this hospital from 1464 until 1513, but nothing is heard of it after this date, and it does not appear to have survived the Reformation. It lay at the E end of Stirling, and in 1497 is called the grantgore "at the toune end of Strivelin".
I B Cowan 1964
(Centred: NS 794 930) The Lepers' Croft was situated on the S boundary of Allan Park, i.e., the present glebe occupies the site. A hospital for lepers was erected here.
J Ronald 1899
Note (1979)
Stirling, Hospital NS c. 794 930 NS79SE 34
There are frequent references to a leper hospital at Stirling between 1464 and 1513. The site may be that noted by Ronald.
RCAHMS 1979
(Ronald 1899, 108-9; Cowan and Easson 1976, 193)