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[Abercorn Monastery Continued from page 19]

been a Culdee establishment of early date. In the latter part of the seventh century
it formed the residence of a bishop at a period when Whitherne in Galloway was the
only other Episcopal seat south of the Forth. In 696 when Aegfrid King of the Northumbrians
whose Kingdoms included the Lothians was slain in battle by the northern Picts, Trumuini
who then held the See deeming Abercorn too near the Pictish Kingdom of Fife forsook the Monastery
with his followers. Triumvini of whom Bede Speaks with respect was in all likelyhood a Culdee bishop. -- ibid [as above - New Statistical Account] page 23

"The monastery of Abercorn was one of the most ancient in Scotland. It is several
times mentioned by Bede though he gives no particular account of it. Towards the end
of the Seventh Century it was the residence of a bishop Triumvin. At this period the territory
of the Northumbrians extended to the Firth of Forth but in the year 484 Aegfrid their
King was defeated and Slain by the Picts on which Triumvin left Abercorn and from that
time it is uncertain whether the monastery Continued as there seems to be nothing recorded
in history with respect to it". -- Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol. [volume] 20 page 398.

"The name given by both nations to the place where the wall began implies
a point and the point of Blackness is precisely the distance mentioned from the Church
of Abercorn where it is understood the monastery was situated." -- ibid. [as above]