Read about Beauly Priory, a 1200s church built for the Valliscaulian order of monks. Visit the stunning site, or contact Historic Environment Scotland today for more information. Explore the ruined church of a little-known order of monks in a wooded, riverside location.

Beauly Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community located at "Insula de Achenbady", now Beauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230. It is not known for certain who the founder was, different sources giving Alexander II of Scotland, John Byset, and both.

Read about the history of Beauly Priory, a peaceful ruin that an order of Benedictine monks once called home. Reveal key points in the history of Beauly Priory, home to Valliscaulian monks for more than 300 years.

At the east side of Beauly lies Beauly Priory, a fairly magnificent ruin of a church founded in 1230 by Valliscaulian monastic monks and one of three priories founded in Scotland at this time.

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Today their legacy lives on, in their pretty, tree-fringed abbey church, roofless but otherwise largely intact. Beauly Priory was founded around 1230 by monks of the Valliscaulian order.

The monument consists of the remains of Beauly Priory, founded for Valliscaulian monks around 1230 and probably unroofed c1560, after which the church was used for burials.

Explore the ruined church of a little-known order of monks in a wooded, riverside location. Founded in 1230, local land owner Sir John Bisset invited the French Valliscaulian monks to settle in Beauly and their religious life remained here for over 300 years.

See Beauly Priory admission prices, including for Historic Scotland members and Explorer Pass holders, plus Beauly Priory opening times.

Beauly Priory is as described in the attached guide. It is under the care of the Dept of Environment and open to the general public. The priory and its surrounding graveyard were scheduled by...