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St Serf's Priory is a medieval religious house located on the island of Loch Leven in Kinross-shire, Scotland. The priory was founded in the early medieval period and became an important Augustinian establishment, serving as a significant centre of religious life in the region. The surviving remains include substantial stone structures characteristic of medieval priory architecture, though the site has been subject to considerable change and deterioration over the centuries. The priory's isolated island location made it an important spiritual and economic centre during the medieval period, and it retained importance until the Reformation in the sixteenth century.
St Serf's Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90271. View the official record →
St Serf's Priory is a medieval religious house located on the island of Loch Leven in Kinross-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90271.
St Serf's 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 SM90271.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Classlochie, souterrain 320m NE of (2.6 km), Classlochie, ring-ditches 300m ESE of (2.6 km), Benarty Hill, fort (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of St Serf's 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.
St Serf's Priory stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.