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near Elgin to establish the new monastery. The old religious community was probably absorbed by the new foundation, which was dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin. Deer Abbey was always a small community, with never more than 15 monks at any one time. The history of the abbey after the 1210s is obscure
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had the site cleared and used the stones from the Abbey building to have a mausoleum constructed in which to bury his daughter when she died aged 21 years in 1851. The only other person buried in the mausoleum was
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portico was taken from an earlier mausoleum. He also discovered some of the graves but did not disturb them. The
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Appleton Company, 1908. 5 September 2022
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remain, approximately 70 feet (21 m) by 90 feet (27 m).
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Mershman, Francis. "Abbey of Deer." The
Catholic Encyclopedia
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417:"Deer Abbey", Historic Environmental Scotland
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139:William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan
1202:Former Christian monasteries in Scotland
560:Ian B. Cowan and David E. Easson (1976)
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617:Settlements and places of interest in
495:. Buchan Field Club. pp. 83–84.
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1187:Tourist attractions in Aberdeenshire
562:Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland
550:. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
492:Pitfour: "The Blenheim of the North"
276:Main information plaque at the abbey
16:Ruins in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
469:The Little History of Aberdeenshire
101:Deer; Foveran; Kinedward; Peterugie
1207:Buildings and structures in Buchan
1177:1587 disestablishments in Scotland
1152:Cistercian monasteries in Scotland
540:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "
280:There is considerable evidence of
228:Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen
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249:Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan
244:William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
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204:James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour
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951:Dundrennan filiation (from
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254:Alexander Comyn (died 1308)
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431:McKean, Charles (1990).
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19:Not to be confused with
893:monasteries in Scotland
489:Alex R. Buchan (2008).
292:slightly to the south.
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1039:Latter day foundations
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260:Antiquities
220:fifth laird
212:third laird
184:) in 1587.
182:Lord Altrie
60:Established
1131:Categories
1104:2°3′14.5″W
1101:57°31′24″N
1029:Deer Abbey
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787:Whinnyfold
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647:Cruden Bay
308:River Ugie
282:prehistory
216:pedimented
167:and Saint
127:Cistercian
123:Deer Abbey
111:Founder(s)
54:Cistercian
29:Deer Abbey
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697:St Fergus
687:Peterhead
197:cloisters
189:cruciform
21:Dear Abby
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925:* (1150)
902:Rievaulx
772:Old Deer
702:Strichen
692:St Combs
677:New Deer
662:Longside
296:See also
155:notitiae
135:Scotland
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986:Cîteaux
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672:Mintlaw
642:Crimond
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380:3 April
238:Burials
193:piscina
169:Drostan
165:Columba
145:History
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