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Manuel Nunnery is a ruined Benedictine convent situated in Stirlingshire, Scotland, founded in the twelfth century as a daughter house of Dunfermline Abbey. The surviving remains consist of fragmentary stone walls and foundations that attest to the religious community's former presence on the site. The nunnery operated throughout the medieval period until its dissolution during the Scottish Reformation in the sixteenth century. Today the ruins represent an important example of female monastic life in medieval Scotland, though much of the original structure has been lost to time and agricultural use of the surrounding land.
Manuel Nunnery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1747. View the official record →
Manuel Nunnery is a ruined Benedictine convent situated in Stirlingshire, Scotland, founded in the twelfth century as a daughter house of Dunfermline Abbey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1747.
Manuel Nunnery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1747.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Torphichen Preceptory (3.9 km), Torphichen Preceptory, refuge stone at Torphichen Kirk (3.9 km), Castlethorn, fort and standing stones 500m ESE of Torphichen Mains (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Manuel Nunnery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Manuel Nunnery stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.