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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOULSEAT LOCH | Soulseat Loch Soulseat Loch Soulseat Loch Saulseat Loch Soulseat Loch |
Revd. [Reverend] James Ferguson James McMeikan See Name List Plan 16B Rl. Engrs [Royal Engineers] Map 1819 George McHaffie Esqr. |
016 | [Situation] In the Southern part of the Parish A large loch of an irregular shape taking its name from the ancient Abbey of Soulseat which Stood on a Small peninsula on its banks. A deep fosse or trench seems formerly to have enclosed this Peninsula this can now be securely traced |
| SOULSEAT ABBEY | Soulseat or Saulseat Soulseat Abbey (Site of) Soulseat Abbey (Site of) Saulseat Abbey (Site of) Soulseat Abbey Saulseat Abbey |
Statistical Acct. [Account] 1841 page 87 Archibald McMeikan George McHaffie Esqr. Revd. [Reverend] James Ferguson Statistl. acct. [Statistical account] of Scotland 1839 Chalmer's Caledonia Vol [Volume] 3 p [page] 420 |
016 | [Situation] On the S.W [South West] side of Soulseat Loch The remains or Site of an ancient Abbey remarkable for its antiquity & its importance in history at present only a Small vestige of it remains about 70 links of the foundation of a wall near the East side of the Manse of Inch Parish, the latter house is built on or near the site of the Ancient Abby. It stood on a small Peninsula & pleasantly Situated on the banks of Soulseat Loch it was apparently enclosed on the land side by a fosse or entrenchment or Canal which left it surrounded on all sides by water & was secure (in a degree) from attack of an enemy The track of this canal can still be be traced by a slight track or furrow when it has been filled up attached to this Abbey was also a large burying ground & part of it is still occupied as such by several families particularly by the Cathcart family late of Genoch who has a tomb in the burying ground yet. Tombstones in the Grave Yard bearing dates 1600, 1701, 1763. |
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[Page] 5Parish of Inch
Form 136
Page 27- Soulseat Loch
29- Soulseat Abbey
[note] This must have been founded early in the 12th Century as Fergus succeeded to the Title of
Lord of Galloway after the Battle of the Standard which was fought near Northallerton in 1138.
In 1160 he resigned the Lordship of Galloway and retired into the Abbey of Holyrood.
From him both Bruce and Baliol descended. Hist, Gally [History Galloway] Vol [Volume] 1 Chap [Chapter] 4.
[note] The Abbey of Saulseat was founded, by Fergus, Lord of Galloway-
for the Premonstratension monks. It was the mother of the
more celebrated and opulent Priory of Whithern, as well as the Abbey of
Holywood, both of which were planted by Monks of the same Order. Chalmer's Caledonia Vol [Volume] 3 p [page] 420
[note] "Close by the present Manse may be traced some of the foundations of
the Abbey of Soulseat or Saulseat. It was founded by Fergus,
Lord of Galloway in the 12th Century &c.
Statistical Acct. [Account] 1841 p [page] 87.
[note] Salsyde, or Soal-Seat or Saul-Seat - now almost wholy ruined, it lies in the flexure of
a Loch within the Parish of Inch.
Symson's Description of Galloway 1684.
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