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Kilwinning Abbey, Abbot's House

Monastic Dwelling (Medieval)

Site Name Kilwinning Abbey, Abbot's House

Classification Monastic Dwelling (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Easter Chaumer

Canmore ID 42114

Site Number NS34SW 6.01

NGR NS 3040 4326

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilwinning
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS34SW 6.01 3040 4326.

(NS 3040 4326) Abbots House (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1908)

The site of the Abbot's House was pointed out by some old man in the neighbourhood. One, aged between 80 and 90, can remember the building, which, in his early days, was called the 'Easter Chaumer'.

Name Book 1856

No traces of the Abbot's House exist.

Visited by OS (JLD) 13 September 1956

No further information.

Visited by OS (JRL) 27 September 1982.

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