Best of Scottish Lowlands
The 18 best abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands
Our curated top 18 abbeys & priories in Scottish Lowlands, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 27 abbeys & priories see the full abbeys & priories index for Scottish Lowlands.
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Newminster Abbey
Newminster Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Northumberland in the north of England. The site is protected by Grade II listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument status. Ranulph de Merlay, lord of M
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Minsteracres
Minsteracres is an 18th-century mansion house, now a Christian retreat centre, in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The house was built in 1758 by George Silvertop. Originally
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Tongland Abbey
Tungland or Tongland Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Tongland in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was probably founded cir
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Church of St John of Beverley
Details SALTON VILLAGE SE 77 NW 6/70 Church of St John of Beverley 14.7.55 GV I Church. Early C12 nave and chancel; north wall rebuilt and tower added in late C12 following a Scottish raid; early C13
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Monastery Of St Paul Ruins Of Jarrow Monastery
Details NZ 36NW JARROW CHURCH BANK (east side) Ruins of Jarrow Monastery 1/85 (Monastery of St Paul) [formerly listed as ruins of Jarrow Monastery - (St Paul's)] 18.1.49 GV I Scheduled ancient monumen
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Lanercost Priory
Lanercost Priory was founded by Robert de Vaux between 1165 and 1174, the most likely date being 1169, to house Augustinian canons. The priory is situated in the village of Lanercost, Cumbria, England
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Hulne Priory
Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight r
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Wetheral Priory Gatehouse
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse — a Grade I-listed abbey in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
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Glenluce Abbey
Glenluce Abbey, near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotl
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Crossraguel Abbey
The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former Cluniac abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Although it is a ruin, visitors can still see the monks’ church, cloister
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Holmcultram Abbey
Holmcultram Abbey (alternatively Holm Cultram Abbey or Holme Cultram Abbey) was a Cistercian monastery in what is now the village of Abbeytown in Cumbria, England. Founded in 1150, the abbey was suppr
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Alnwick Abbey
Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire. It was dissolved in 1535, refounde
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Blanchland Abbey
Blanchland Abbey at Blanchland, in the English county of Northumberland, was founded as a premonstratensian priory in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II, and was a daughter house of Croxton Abbey in Leiceste
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St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church is in the village of Abbeytown, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. It
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Our Lady and St Joseph's Church
Our Lady and St Joseph's Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Carlisle, Cumbria. The church is one of seven churches that make up the city and district parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Carlisle.
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Sweetheart Abbey
The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gaelic: An Abaid Ur), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudb
