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Crossraguel Abbey is
not within the boundaries of the burgh but it has always been looked upon
by the townspeople as belonging to Maybole, even if it is in the Parish of
Kirkoswald. The meaning of the name cannot be given with any certainty but
most agree it means the Abbey of the Royal, or Regal, Cross. The abbey was
founded by Duncan, Earl of Carrick, in 1244, in an age when many other
monasteries were being built throughout Scotland. Duncan gave land and
money to the monks of Paisley Abbey and asked them to build the monastery
but they only erected a small chapel in the first instance and held on to
quite a considerable balance of cash, which rather displeased the Earl. He
went to law on the matter and the Bishop of Glasgow, who was appointed
arbiter, found in his favour and ordained that the Paisley monks should
build a proper monastery and that monks should be sent from Paisley Abbey
to run it. Text from
Maybole -
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Rev. Swan's address found in the kist
at the Parish Church.
Photos by Brian Wotherspoon. Click on the images to view full size. For
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Cors Regal (Crosraguel) Abbey - Scotland Artist:
Hooper; Engraver: Saprrow. From the original description: Crosraguel
Abbey stands in Carrick, one of the subdivisions of the Shire of
Air, and in the parish of Kirkoswald, two miles from Maybole. This
was a Cluniac abbey, founded y Duncan, son of Gilbert, Earl of
Carrick, in the year 1244, as we were informed by the Chartulary of
Paisley. There is a charter of King Robert Bruce to this place,
which he therein calls Croceragmer de Terra Dungrelach, given at
Berwick the eighteenth year of his reign, and also confirmation of
all the churches and lands granted to it by Duncan Neil Robert, his
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About two miles south of
the town of Maybole, although included within the parish of
Kirkoswald, stand the ruins of Crossraguel Abbey. It stands close by
the wayside, in a natural hollow, down which runs a small burn. The
highway in former times ran along the brow of the rising ground to
the right, and crossed the line of turnpike a little farther on at a
place called Willholm. It is from this rising ground that the best
view of the abbey is to be obtained.
The text above is from the
first introductory chapter of the book Crossraguel Abbey, written by
Rev. Roderick Lawson in 1883. A portion of this book is now
available for viewing in PDF format.
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This stereoscopic view of
Crossraguel Abbey was found on Ebay. On the reverse is a
note describing the view as Crois Regal Abby No 3. A stereoscope is a device for
viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images,
depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the
same scene, as a single three-dimensional image.
A typical stereoscope provides each eye with a lens that
makes the image seen through it appear larger and more
distant and usually also shifts its apparent horizontal
position, so that for a person with normal binocular
depth perception the edges of the two images seemingly
fuse into one "stereo window".
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