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Restenneth Priory is a Augustinian religious house situated near Forfar in Angus, Scotland, founded in the twelfth century and dissolved during the Scottish Reformation. The priory consisted of a conventual church and ranges of monastic buildings arranged around a cloister, typical of the Augustinian establishments that flourished in medieval Scotland. Substantial remains of the church survive, including parts of the chancel and nave, alongside fragmentary evidence of the associated domestic structures. The site represents an important example of the monastic economy and organisation that characterised the religious landscape of medieval Angus until the sixteenth century.
Restenneth Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90246. View the official record →
Restenneth Priory is a Augustinian religious house situated near Forfar in Angus, Scotland, founded in the twelfth century and dissolved during the Scottish Reformation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90246.
Restenneth Priory 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 SM90246.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Myreside,henge,enclosure and barrows NW of (0.8 km), Rob's Reed, homestead 485m ESE of Home Farm (1.2 km), Queen Margaret's Inch, chapel and crannog (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Restenneth Priory'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.
Restenneth Priory stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.