What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eccles, St Mary's Convent as Architectural Fragment(s) (medieval), Font (medieval), Nunnery (12th Century) - (16th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Mary's Convent at Eccles was a 12th- to 16th-century nunnery, likely associated with the Augustinian or Cistercian order, reflecting the broader monastic tradition in medieval Scotland. While no specific holy well or ritual site is directly mentioned in the available records, such convents were often linked to local pilgrimage practices and sacred water sites.
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Places near here
Eccles Parish Church, ChurchyardBurial Ground (post Medieval), Churchyard (post Medieval) · 30 yd
Eccles Parish ChurchChurch (18th Century) · 61 yd
Eccles HouseBoundary Wall(s) (period Unknown), Country House (late 19th Century) (1895)-(1898), Gate(s) (period Unknown), Gate Pier(s) (period Unknown), Hospital (first World War) · 165 yd
EcclesFindspot (20th Century), Unidentified Pottery (medieval) · 498 yd
Leitholm PeelTower House (medieval) · 2.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.3 mi
Birgham HaughNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.3 mi
Birgham WoodForest · 2.3 mi
CowrigAircraft (20th Century) · 2.4 mi
Lithtillum WoodForest · 2.5 mi
Hume War MemorialMemorial · 3.5 mi
Queenscairn HillMountain / peak · 3.5 mi