What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dundee, Barrack Street, Franciscan Nunnery as Nunnery (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Franciscan Nunnery in Dundee was a medieval religious house associated with the Poor Clares, a Franciscan order known for their contemplative and ascetic way of life. While no specific saint or cure is directly linked to the site in surviving records, such nunneries often became local centres of spiritual devotion and may have been connected to healing traditions or local folklore over time.
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Places near here
Dundee, High Street, Overgate CentreShopping Centre (20th Century) · 73 yd
Dundee, Bank Street, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 81 yd
Dundee, High StMint (medieval) · 114 yd
Dundee, Barrack Street, the HowffBurial Ground (16th Century), Cemetery (16th Century) · 128 yd
St. Mary's Tower DundeeCastle, fort or tower · 148 yd
Memorial by the wallHeritage place · 157 yd
Gate to the cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 162 yd
The McManusMuseum · 279 yd
Dundee CastleCastle (medieval) · 285 yd
Dundee, South Crichton StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 353 yd
Statue by the museumHeritage place · 355 yd
Dundee, MeadowsideVessel (pottery)(post Medieval) · 401 yd