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The post-Viking church This map shows centres for which there is documentary evidence, his endowment (e.g. Edzell, a possession of the abbot of Brechin). often from a much later period, of the existence of a community of The large parishes in southern Scotland mapped here are probably clerics with characteristics which suggest that they existed before the only a haphazard selection, mentioned in written records, of those twelfth century. Some are Culdees and probably monastic; others which existed by this date; these were minsters or small colleges of have abbots and may have been monastic. Then there are thirteenthclerics, and something similar to them existed at Deer, Clova, century families which claim the title 'abbot of X', from which we Methven, Dunblane and doubtless elsewhere north of the Forth. may deduce that the abbot ofa community elsewhere possessed X as o "-Edzell A ~A C+.....~ ,t-"~cclesgreig '_Br~ln .!!> A / .", • Abirlot '" C ..J A #,Q. + Monilleth Methve .~.~ Muthll -f ~. j:;t Andrews C Inchaffray Abernethy C+' - Dunblane . Locn"leven ~~a IrkJ TYnlnghame o Possessions 01 St Cuthbert possibly with a monastic presence. + Monastery or college 01 clerics attested or very probable. C 'Culdees' attested +A Monastery and abbot attested () .A Abbot only attested 0 kms 25 50 7.5 100 ! , ,, , 1!1 Large parish with mother church or minster Ii-.....,,....;:L...-,,..----;;L-.....,,..-...;..,,..----... o 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles AAMD The post-Viking church: major centres before 1100 333

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