Crossraguel Abbey

Crossraguel Abbey
Monastery information
OrderCluniac
Established1260s
Disestablished1617
Mother housePaisley Abbey
DioceseDiocese of Glasgow
Controlled churchesDailly; Girvan; Inchmarnock; Kirkudbright-Innertig; Kirkoswald; Straiton
People
Founder(s)Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick
Crossraguel Abbey ruins
Crossraguel Abbey Courtyard ruins
Crossraguel prior to its destruction.[1]

The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel[2] is a ruin of a former abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Although it is a ruin, visitors can still see the original monks’ church, their cloister and their dovecot (pigeon tower).

  1. ^ Howie, James (1864). The Scots Worthies. Blackie & son.
  2. ^ Charters of Crossraguel Abbey, Intro lxii