. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND III Crossraguel Abbey. JHIS half-baronial half-ecclesiastical ruin, in which the roughsquare tower, such as those from which the mosstroopers issuedto their forays, frowns over the beautiful remains of some richand airy specimens of the middle period of Gothic work, isdistant about two miles from the old village of Maybole inAryshire. It was a dependancy of the great Abbey of Paisley, itself anoffshoot from the princely establishment of Clunay in France. It wasfounded by Duncan, the first Earl of Carrick, who di
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND III Crossraguel Abbey. JHIS half-baronial half-ecclesiastical ruin, in which the roughsquare tower, such as those from which the mosstroopers issuedto their forays, frowns over the beautiful remains of some richand airy specimens of the middle period of Gothic work, isdistant about two miles from the old village of Maybole inAryshire. It was a dependancy of the great Abbey of Paisley, itself anoffshoot from the princely establishment of Clunay in France. It wasfounded by Duncan, the first Earl of Carrick, who died about the year1240,* and was dedicated to the Virgin founder endowed it with the patronage of the church of St. Oswald, andother means of revenue. In old writs it occurs under the various names ofCrosregal, Crosragwell, Crosragmol, and Crosragmer. A curious discussion appearsto have early arisen between this establishment and the parent institution. By abull of Pope Clement, certain commissioners are appointed, consisting of theBishop of Dunblane, the Abbot of Dryburgh, and Roger de Derby
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