Coupar Angus Abbey
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Founders | Malcolm IV of Scotland |
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Diocese | Archdiocese of St Andrews |
Disestablished | 1606 |
Mother house | Melrose Abbey |
Controlled churches | Airlie |
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Locations | Coupar Angus |
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ID | 2025404 |
About Coupar Angus Abbey
Coupar Angus Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near Coupar Angus, in central Scotland, on the boundary between Angus and Gowrie. It was founded on the old royal manor of Coupar in 1161 x 1162 with the patronage of Máel Coluim IV, King of Scots, by Cistercian monks from Melrose Abbey.