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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- List of figures -- 1 Preface -- Figure 1.1: view of the east range from the south in the Spring of 1998. -- Figure 1.2: plan of Rushen Abbey to show the nomenclature adopted for this monograph. -- 2 The history of Rushen Abbey and archaeological excavation -- Figure 2.1: Cistercian and Savignac foundation dates before 1135. -- Figure 2.2: the opening page of the Malew section of the Limites. -- Figure 2.3: extract from the Court of Augmentations accounts 24 June to 29 September 1540 |
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Figure 2.4: ""The prospect of Balisaly Abby, on the South West side"" by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677). -- Figure 2.5: Rushen Abbey from the south-west in 1774, by Moses Griffiths. -- Figure 2.6: lithograph by Samuel Hooper (c1726-1793) dated 1774. -- Figure 2.7: Robertson's view of the abbey of around 1791. -- Figure 2.8: plan of Rushen Abbey by Sir Henry Dryden drawn in July 1853. -- Figure 2.9: view of the transeptal tower from the north-east by Sir Henry Dryden, 25 July 1853. -- Figure 2.10: view of western elevation of the chapter house by Sir Henry Dryden, 1853 |
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Figure 2.11: drawing of a small medieval window in the west face of the transeptal tower (Cumming 1868, 40). -- Figure 2.12: Cochrane's suggested plan of Rushen Abbey, 1910. -- Figure 2.13: plan of part of William Cubbon's excavation in the east range, dated March 1914. -- Figure 2.14: plan to show location of the Gill, Cubbon, Butler and Garrad excavations. -- Figure 2.15: plan to show the main geophysical anomalies identified in 1997. -- Figure 2.16: the state of the site when MNH took possession in 1998. -- Figure 2.17: cleaning and recording the foundations of the dancing floor in 1998 |
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Figure 2.18: the cloister area exposed in 1999 before the excavations began. -- Figure 2.19: the southern part of area M, on completion of the excavation in 2008. -- 3 Excavations from 1998 to 2008: the results -- Figure 3.1: Rushen Abbey in its geomorphological setting. -- Figure 3.2: two views of the rostro-carinate found by Cubbon in area S. -- Figure 3.3: three flint cores of early Mesolithic type -- Figure 3.4: fragments of three Neolithic concave saws. -- Figure 3.5: broken and damaged Neolithic polished axe. -- Figure 3.6: the broken quartz or quartzite axe hammer |
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Figure 3.7: the upstanding remains of Rushen Abbey church from the south-west. -- Figure 3.8: the Bruce plan of the church showing his Cistercian and pre-Cistercian interpretation. -- Figure 3.9: axonometric drawing by Bruce illustrating the two-church interpretation. -- Figure 3.10: plan of the church derived from all excavations. -- Figure 3.11: the surviving Romanesque arch in the north transept. -- Figure 3.12: matrix of stratigraphic relationships in the church. -- Figure 3.13: the east cloister walk under excavation |
| Summary |
Rushen Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1134 and suppressed in 1540. It was the most important religious institution on the Isle of Man wielding significant secular power as well as ecclesiastical authority. This book aims to provide a synthesis of all the available evidence for Rushen Abbey under one cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Figure 3.14: break in the walling of the cloister arcade, opposite the chapter house |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2024) |
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Rushen Abbey (Isle of Man) -- History
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Isle of Man
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| SUBJECT |
Isle of Man -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002008851
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781803275727 |
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1803275723 |
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