List of religious houses in Scotland

List of religious houses in Scotland is a link page to any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Scotland.

Abbreviations and Key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:-

*	indicates current monastic function
+	indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function
^	indicates current non-ecclesiastic function
#	indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~	indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown

Trusteeship denoted as follows:-

HS	Historic Scotland
NTS	National Trust for Scotland
CS	Church of Scotland

Other abbreviations

trns	transferred
rmv	removed
c.	circa (about)
ante	before
post	after

Aberdeen

Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Aberdeen (Red) Friars Trinitarian before 1274   The - Church of the Holy Trinity, Aberdeen Aberdeen (White) Friars Carmelite c. 1273   Aberdeen (Black) Friars Dominican 1230 x 1249   St John the Baptist Aberdeen (Grey) Friars Franciscan 1469 Observants   Aberdeenshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Deer Abbey Cistercian from Kinloss 1214/19-1560 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Deer Fyvie Priory Tironensian from Kelso, under Arbroath   The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fyvie Monymusk Priory Culdees 1138, Augustinian c1245   The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint John, Monymusk Angus Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Arbroath Abbey Cluniac priory 1176(1178), later Tironensian   The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Arbroath Brechin monastery Culdees, site now occupied by the diocesan cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church     Restenneth Priory Augustinian     Argyll & Bute Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Ardchattan Priory Valliscaulian from Val des Choux 1230/1, part of church used parochially -1722, site now largely occupied by Victorian house (HS)   The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Ardchattan Eileach-an-Naoimh monastery, Garvellach Islands       Iona Abbey+ Benedictine abbey 1203 and cathedral, now restored and in use as ecumenical Christian community (HS)     Iona Nunnery (HS)     Kingarth monastery 6thC (HS) Cinngrad monastery   Oronsay Priory Augustinian 1330   The Priory Church of Saint Oran, Oronsay Saddell Abbey Cistercian 1207-1507     Sgòr Nam Ban-Naomha monastery       Dumfries and Galloway Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Canonbie Priory Augustinian     Dercongal Abbey Premonstratensian from Soulseat 1220s Holywood Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Holywood Dundrennan Abbey Cistercian from Rievaulx 1142-1560 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Dundrennan Glenluce Abbey Cistercian from Melrose 1191/2-1560 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Glenluce Kirkcudbright Friary+ Franciscan c1450, conventual church     Lincluden Collegiate Church Benedictine Nuns 1164-1389, secular canons college late14thC (HS)     St Mary's Priory, St. Mary's Isle (Isle of Trahil) Augustinian c1138, from Holyrood   Prioratus Sanctae Mariae de Trayl Soulseat Abbey Premonstratensian from Premontre 1152 Saulseat Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint John, Soulseat Sweetheart Abbey Cistercian from Dundrennan 1273-1560 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Sweetheart Tongland Abbey Premonstratensian from Cockersand 1218     Whithorn Priory Premonstratensian 1175, cathedral church of Galloway (HS)     Dumfries and Galloway non-Christian monasteries Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Samye Ling Monastery*, Langholm Karma Kagyu school Tibetan Buddhist 1967   Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre City of Edinburgh Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Blackfriars, Edinburgh Dominican 1230     Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh Augustinian from St. Andrews 1128, partly absorbed into 17thC Holyrood Palace (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Saint Andrew and All Saints, Holyrood South Queensferry Priory Carmelite     East Ayrshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Mauchline Priory Cistercian (grange of Melrose) 1165   The Priory Church of Saint Cuthbert, Mauchline East Lothian Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Dunbar Priory Trinitarian 1218   The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Dunbar Luffness Friary Carmelite 1293     Haddington Friary Greyfriars 1242 Lucerna Laudoniae or Lamp of Lothian. destroyed 1356   Nunraw* Cistercian cell of Haddington monastery Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw North Berwick Priory Cistercian Nuns c1150     Fife Region Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Balmerino Abbey Cistercian from Melrose 1227/9-1560, secularised 1603 (NTS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Edward Culross Abbey Cistercian from Kinloss 1217/8-1560, currently partly in use as a parish church (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Saint Andrew and Saint Serf, Culross Dunfermline Abbey Benedictine priory c1070, abbey 1124/1128     Inchcolm Abbey Augustinian 1123 St. Colm's Abbey, Inch The Abbey Church of Saint Columba, Inchcolm Inverkeithing Friary Franciscan ante1384   poss. The Friary Church of Saint Mary, Inverkeithing Isle of May Priory Augustinian/Benedictine from Reading   The Priory Church of Saint Oran and Saint Colman, Isle of May Lindores Abbey Tironensian from Kelso c1190   The Abbey Church of Our Lady and Saint Andrew Pittenweem Priory Augustinian trns from Isle of May c1200     St. Andrew's Cathedral Priory Augustinian 1144, cathedral 908 (HS)   The Cathedral and Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Saint Andrews St. Rule's Priory Augustinian from Scone 1133-1144 (HS)   The Priory Church of Saint Rule, Saint Andrews Black Friars Abbey, St Andrews Dominican Blackfriars Chapel   St Monan's Friary+ Dominican 1471   The Friary Church of Saint Monan, Saint Monan's City of Glasgow Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Dominican Friary, Glasgow# Dominican 1246, after the Reformation it was gifted by Mary, Queen of Scots to the University of Glasgow and served as a parish church. Rebuilt 1699-1702, it was demolished when the university re-located in the 1870s. 1870s     Fransiscan Friary, Glasgow# Fransiscan 1477   Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary     Highland Region Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Beauly Priory Valliscaulian from Val des Choux 1230 (HS)   The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist, Beauly Fearn Abbey Premonstratensian 1227   The Abbey Church of Saint Ninian, Fearn Fort Augustus Abbey built as a military fort, benedictine abbey and school in 20thC, now in private ownership     North Rona monastery 7thC     Lanarkshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Blantyre Priory Augustinian Canons (a cell of Jedburgh) 13thC     Midlothian Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Newbattle Abbey Cistercian from Melrose 1140-1560   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Newbattle Moray Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Elgin (Black) Friary Dominican founded 1233/4 by King Alexander II     Elgin (Grey) Friary Franciscan, restored and now in use by adjacent convent     Kinloss Abbey Cistercian from Melrose 1150-1560   The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kinloss Pluscarden Abbey * Valliscaulian priory from Val des Choux 1230, Benedictine priory, now Benedictine abbey   The Abbey Church of Saint Andrew, Pluscarden Urquhart Priory Benedictine from Dunfermline 1124   The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Urquhart North Ayrshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Kilwinning Abbey Tironensian from Kelso 1162   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Kilwinning Kilwinning Convent Situated at Stanecastle and mentioned in several charters   North Ayrshire non-Christian Monasteries Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Holy Island Monastery Tibetan Buddhist     Orkney Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Brough of Birsay monastery possible monastic settlement or episcopal residence     Eynhallow monastery# possible site of monastic settlement 12thC     Perth & Kinross Region Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Abernethy Priory# Augustinian 1273, on site of earlier monastery and Culdees community, and possible cathedral, later site of college, nothing remains   The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Bridget and Saint Abrinca Coupar Angus Abbey Cistercian from Melrose 1161/64-1560, secularised 1606   The Abbey Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Coupar Angus Elcho Priory Cistercian nuns ante1241     Inchaffray Abbey Augustinian from Scone 1200   The Abbey Church of Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Mary, Inchaffray Loch Tay Priory Augustinian from Scone 1122   The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Loch Tay Montrose Abbey Dominican 1230     St Fillan's Priory Augustinian from Inchaffray 1317   The Priory Church of Saint Fillan, St. Fillan's St Serf's Inch Priory, St Serf's Inch, Loch Leven Culdee, then Augustinian Canons Regular c1150, now within an island nature reserve usually without public access (HS) Portmoakso Priory, Loch Leven Priory   Scone Abbey Augustinian from Nostell c1120   The Abbey Church of the Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Laurence, Saint Augustine and Saint Michael, Scone Renfrewshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Paisley Abbey+ Cluniac priory from Wenlock 1163, abbey 1245 (CS)   The Abbey Church of saints Mary, James, Mirin and Milburga Renfrew Priory Cluniac from Cluny 1163     Scottish Borders Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name St Bathan's Priory, Abbey St Bathans Cistercian nuns     Coldingham Priory+ Benedictine from Durham 1098, part of priory church restored and now in parochial use   The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Ebba and Saint Cuthbert, Coldingham Dryburgh Abbey Premonstratensian from Alnwick 1150 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Dryburgh Fogo Priory Tironensian from Kelso     Jedburgh Abbey Augustinian from St-Quentin, Beauvais 1138 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Jedburgh Kelso Abbey Tironensian, relocated from Selkirk in 1128 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint John, Kelso Melrose Abbey Cistercian from Rievaulx/Holmcultram 1136/7-1560 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint John, Melrose Peebles Friary Trinitarian (Church 1261), Friary 1473 The Cross Kirk The Friary Church of the Holy Trinity, Peebles Selkirk Abbey Tironensian from Tiron 1113     South Ayrshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Ayr Friary Dominican 1230   The Friary Church of Saint Catherine, Ayr Crossraguel Abbey Cluniac from Paisley 1244 (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Crossraguel Fail Monastery Trinitarian 1561. Dedicated to St Mary Failford Abbey Fail Monastery, Tarbolton South Lanarkshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Lesmahagow Priory Tironensian from Kelso 1144   The Priory Church of Saint Malo, Lesmahagow Stirling Region Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Cambuskenneth Abbey Arrouasian from Arrouaise 1147, Augustinian (HS)   The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Cambuskenneth Inchmahome Priory, Lake of Menteith Augustinian 1238 (HS)     West Dunbartonshire Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Ross Priory, Loch Lomond       West Lothian Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Linlithgow Friary Carmelite c1401     Manuel Nunnery Cistercian 1156   Emanuel Nunnery Torphichen Preceptory+ Knights Hospitaller mid12thC     See also List of abbeys and priories Abbeys and priories in England Abbeys and priories in Wales Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland Abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland Abbeys and priories in Isle of Man Dissolution of the Monasteries Castles in Scotland List of museums in Scotland Historic houses in Scotland