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| (SITE OF) CONVENT CHAPEL | (Site of) Convent Chapel | Continued | 023.7 | fountains, graced with modern pillars, inscribed respectively with the names of St Mary's the Monks, & the Nun's Well." Fullarton's Gazetteer Vol. [Volume]. P. 203 "In a note to Davidsons abridgement of the New Statistical account there is an extract from Fullartons Gazetteer Vol. [Volume] 11. P.203 under the article Ladykirk, which explains this subject. The monastery or rather Convent, is there said to have been under the Monks of Kelso - (our local tradition is that was connected with Coldinghane) but likely the other is Correct, as it gives the name of Robert Byset as the founder - the stanes referred to are now removed, but the present Mr Robertson of Ladykirk, told me; that there were evident traces of the Convent in the time of his predecessor. It was he that built all the wells, as a kind of |
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