Tour Scotland 4K travel video of the Abbey ruins on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Culross in West Fife. The remains of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1217. The abbey was founded in 1217 by Malcolm I, Mormaer or Earl of Fife, and was first colonised by monks from Kinloss Abbey. Culross may have been chosen to establish an abbey because this was the birth place of Saint Mungo. The Abbey was built over an earlier Pictish church supposedly founded by Saint Serf in the 6th century. There are ruins of the nave, cellars and domestic buildings. Monks may have been present at the site before the convent was sent from Kinloss to take possession in 1217. The abbey was never wealthy and the community was relatively small. However, the monastery was known for its gardens and scriptorium. In 1561, the annual income of the abbey was valued at £1600; a modest income when compared with the likes of Coupar Angus, Melrose and Kinloss. In 1540 there were sixteen monks at the abbey but the number had dropped to ten by the 1550s. From 1511 the abbey was ruled by a series of commendators and from 1531 these were invariably drawn from the Colville family. In 1589 the property was erected into a temporal lordship for James Colville of Easter Wemyss and in 1609 he was created Lord Colville of Culross. Culross village has become an ever growing tourist location thanks to it being used several times for Outlander filming locations. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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