Deer Abbey
Deer Abbey ruins in 2006 | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Cistercian |
| Established | 1219 |
| Disestablished | 1587 |
| Mother house | Kinloss Abbey |
| Diocese | Diocese of Aberdeen |
| Controlled churches | Deer; Foveran; Kinedward; Peterugie |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | William Comyn, Earl of Buchan |
| Site | |
| Coordinates | 57°31′24″N 2°03′15″W / 57.523305°N 2.0540304°W |
| Official name | Deer Abbey |
| Type | Ecclesiastical: abbey |
| Designated | 6 February 1996 |
| Reference no. | SM90093 |
Deer Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Buchan, Scotland. It was founded by 1219 under the patronage William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, who is also buried there.