Rushen Abbey, Isle of Man: A Hundred Years of Research and Excavation

by Peter Davey

Rushen Abbey, now owned and managed by Manx National Heritage, 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. Its location in the middle of the Irish Sea and its political connections made it one of the most influential houses in western Britain and Ireland. The first known excavations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803275715
• ISBN13: 9781803275710
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.