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"It would appear that Crail was once the Seat of a priory A ruin evidently of great antiquity the east gable of which is Still Standing bears the name of the Prior Walls. A Well in the neighbourhood is Called the briery which is a Corruption of Priory Well And a Croft belonging to the burgh is described in the valuation of the teinds 1630 as the prior Croft.
Note. This priory is not found in the list of religious houses in Scotland at the time of the Reformation. It was probably Suppressed long before that period. While this Conjecture is Stated with becoming diffidence it is also proper to taKe notice of a tradition which some have heard that the above mentioned ruin is the remains of a Chapel dedicated to St. Rufus." Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol. [volume] 9 page 450

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