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Restenneth Priory

📍 Angus, Scotland

3.8 ★★★½ 180 reviews

About

Restenneth Priory was a monastic house of Augustinian canons founded by Jedburgh Abbey, with the patronage of King Malcolm IV of Scotland, in 1153. Although there is little literary evidence, archaeological evidence strongly indicates that there was a monastery at Restenneth from very early times. There is also speculation that Restenneth may even have been the Pictish church dedicated to St Peter built in 710 for Nechtán mac Der Ilei, King of the Picts.

Founded in the 8th century, possibly on the site of a church established by St Boniface. The lower stages of the tower are Romanesque, possibly dating to the 11th century, making it one of Scotland's oldest standing buildings. The priory was refounded as an Augustinian house in the 12th century. Robert, infant son of Robert the Bruce, was buried here. Atmospheric ruins in flat Angus farmland.