Rushen Abbey
| Rushen Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Ruins of Rushen Abbey |
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| location |
 Isle of Man
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| Coordinates: | 54 ° 5 '56 " N , 4 ° 38' 4.4" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
253 |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1540 |
| Mother monastery | Furness Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
Rushen Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery on the Isle of Man , a Crown Estates (crown dependency) in the Irish Sea . The monastery is located in the village of Ballasalla , around 3 km from Castle Rushen .
history
Founded by King Olaf I. von Man on the site of an older church or an older monastery and built in 1134, the monastery was accepted into the Cistercian order in 1147 as the daughter of Furness Abbey . With the Savigny monastery in the French department of Manche , of which it belonged, it belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The nave may have been rebuilt before a new consecration in 1257. In 1316 the monastery was badly damaged by Irish pirates and was then given a defense tower over the north transept. In 1540 the abbey, which was bestowed on the Earl of Derby, ended. The monastery has been owned by Manx National Heritage since 1998 . The Center for Manx Sudies of the University of Liverpool is excavating in Rushen like the Department of Archeology at the University of York .
Plant and buildings
The tower, the passage south of the south transept (possibly the sacristy ) and walls in the south-east remain of the complex . The remaining buildings are more recent.
literature
- New, Antony: A guide to the abbeys of England and Wales , Constable and Company, London, 1985, pp. 324 f., ISBN 0-09-463520-X , with a plan;
- Rushen Abbey: Investigating and Presenting the Islands Most Important Medieval Religious Site , Manx National Heritage, 2000, ISBN 0-901106-42-9 .
- Rushen Abbey, Ballasalla, Isle of Man: First archaeological report (Center for Manx Studies Research Report) , 1999, ISBN 1-899338-06-3 .
