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Pittenweem Priory is the name of an Augustinian priory
Priory

A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows headed by a prior or prioress.Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monastery of monks or nuns ....
 located at the village of Pittenweem
Pittenweem

Pittenweem is a small and secluded fishing village tucked in the corner of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic....
, Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It was originally a Benedictine abbey founded from Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey

Reading Abbey is a large, ruins abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, Berkshire, in the England county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I of England in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of William I of England, and of William II of England, and Edith of Scotland, and all my ancestors and successors"....
 and based on the Isle of May. It had been relocated to Pittenweem by 1318, and placed under the control of the Augustinian St Andrews Cathedral Priory
St Andrews Cathedral Priory

St Andrews Cathedral Priory was a priory of Augustinians canon in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Plans were made for its foundation in the reign of Alexander I of Scotland , who set aside some land for that purpose....
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In the Middle Ages, Pittenweem Priory was a small Augustinian monastery linked to that on the Isle of May and built over the ancient sacred cave associated with St Fillan
Fillan

SeeFillan, Norway for the Norway town in Hitra, S?r-Tr?ndelagSaint Fillan, St Filan, Phillan, F?el?n or Faolan is the name of two Scotland saints, of Ireland origin....
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Pittenweem Priory is the name of an Augustinian priory
Priory

A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows headed by a prior or prioress.Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monastery of monks or nuns ....
 located at the village of Pittenweem
Pittenweem

Pittenweem is a small and secluded fishing village tucked in the corner of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic....
, Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It was originally a Benedictine abbey founded from Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey

Reading Abbey is a large, ruins abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, Berkshire, in the England county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I of England in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of William I of England, and of William II of England, and Edith of Scotland, and all my ancestors and successors"....
 and based on the Isle of May. It had been relocated to Pittenweem by 1318, and placed under the control of the Augustinian St Andrews Cathedral Priory
St Andrews Cathedral Priory

St Andrews Cathedral Priory was a priory of Augustinians canon in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Plans were made for its foundation in the reign of Alexander I of Scotland , who set aside some land for that purpose....
.

In the Middle Ages, Pittenweem Priory was a small Augustinian monastery linked to that on the Isle of May and built over the ancient sacred cave associated with St Fillan
Fillan

SeeFillan, Norway for the Norway town in Hitra, S?r-Tr?ndelagSaint Fillan, St Filan, Phillan, F?el?n or Faolan is the name of two Scotland saints, of Ireland origin....
. The cave, recently fitted out as a chapel, is situated in Cove Wynd (leading from the High Street down to the harbour) and is open to the public with the key available locally from the Gingerbread Horse café. From this rough dwelling Saint Fillan is said to have converted the local Pictish population. The cave was re-discovered around 1900 when a horse ploughing in the priory garden fell down a hole into it. The cave has flat rocks that are presumed to be 'beds' and a small spring of "holy water" at the rear. St Fillan's Cave was also used as prison for witches during the witch hunts of the 17th-18th centuries (see below).

A shrine was dedicated to Saint Adrian
Saint Adrian

Saint Adrian may refer to:*Adrian of Nicomedia*Adrian of Canterbury*Adrian of Corinth , early Christian saint and martyr*Adrian of Ceasaria in Palestine, martyred in 309 AD in Ceasaria, Israel...
 on the Isle of May. It is said that Saint Adrian's men undertook the first harbour improvements, laying the foundation for the fishing industry, but no evidence for this currently exists.

The present Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. It is a Presbyterianism church , decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
 parish kirk
Kirk

Kirk can mean "church " in general or the Church of Scotland in particular. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it....
 is on the site of the priory
Priory

A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows headed by a prior or prioress.Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monastery of monks or nuns ....
 church. Much of the fortified east gatehouse of the priory survives (15th century), as does the 'Great House', one of Scotland's best-preserved late medieval houses, which may have served as accommodation for the prior and monks.

See also

  • Prior of Pittenweem


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