Beaubec Monastery was a 13th-century monastic settlement and farm near Beamore, Drogheda in Ireland.[1][2]
Béibeac Mór | |
  Location within Ireland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | de Bello Becco, Bellus - Beccus |
| Order | Cistercian |
| Established | Uncertain |
| Disestablished | Uncertain |
| Mother house | Furness |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Armagh |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Walter de Lacy |
| Site | |
| Location | Beamore, Drogheda, Co. Meath |
| Coordinates | 53°41′36″N 6°20′28″W / 53.693440°N 6.341150°W |
| Public access | Unknown |
History
editLittle is known of the history of Beaubec. Janauschek states, "some Irish authors argue that a Cistercian abbey existed in this area of eastern Meath, which was founded by Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, first as a daughter of Bell-Bec (in Normandy), and later became a cell of Furness. But those who have looked at the documents, understand that the manor of that abbey was there as long as the Normans".[3] [citation needed]
Geraldine Stout,[4] citing Dryburgh and Smith (2006), states that there is no known foundation date for this monastic site but a grant by Walter De Lacy to the church of SS Mary and Laurence of Beaubec and the monks residing there on the lands in Gillekeran has been dated to after 1215.[5]
Excavations of the site were carried out between 2019 and 2020.[6]
References
editNotes
edit- ^ "ME02083 - Bey More - Gatehouse". meathheritage.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "13th Century Farm run by Cistercians uncovered at Beamore". Drogheda Independent. Independent News & Media. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p. 78 (LXXVIII)[incomplete short citation]
- ^ Stout 2018.
- ^ Dryburgh & Smith 2006, p. 23.
- ^ Stout & Stout 2020.
Sources
edit- Janauschek, Leopold (1877), Origines Cistercienses, Vindobonae
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Stout, G.; Stout, M. (2020), Bey More Excavation, County Meath Preliminary report 2020 – The second season 19E0405 (PDF)
- Stout, G. (2018), "De Bello Becco" (PDF), Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, 29 (2): 194–204
- Dryburgh, P.; Smith, B (2006), "Calendar of documents relating to medieval Ireland in the series of ancient deeds in the National archives of the United kingdom", Analecta Hibernica (39): 3–61
External links
edit- Beaubec excavations July 2021: A Mythical Ireland documentary (via YouTube)
- Beaubec Excavations Blog
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