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Inchmahome Priory (HS)

By Kippen

Set on the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, the Priory of Inchmahome has one of the most attractive sites of any of Scotland’s abbeys or priories.It was founded in 1238 by Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, for a small community of Augustinian canons. Some three hundred years later in 1547, the four year old Mary Queen of Scots was sent here for her safety following the disastrous Battle of Pinkie, near Edinburgh.Today all that remains of this once flourishing religious community, are the ruins of the church, chapterhouse, refectory and cloisters. The vaulted chapterhouse contains a number of gravestones and effigies including that of the Earl of Menteith, who died in 1295, and his countess.Shop, picnic area.