Whithorn's timeline pre-1300
Whithorn's timeline pre-1300
Date |
Events at Whithorn |
Date |
Events in Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| About 450 – 500 AD | Christianity reaches Whithorn. Ninian is bishop of Whithorn. |
563 AD | Saint Columba arrives on Iona with 12 companions. |
| 730 | Monks from Northumbria found a new monastery at Whithorn. The first recorded pilgrims visit Ninian’s tomb. | ||
| About 840 | Norse settlers arrive in Whithorn, possibly from the Dublin area. | 843 AD | Kenneth MacAlpin becomes King of the Picts and Scots. |
| About 950 – 1050 | Stone carvers at Whithorn create the round-headed crosses seen in the Priory Museum. | ||
| 1150 | Whithorn’s church is replaced by a new cathedral. | ||
| About 1177 | The Premonstratensian Order establishes a priory at Whithorn and acts as the cathedral’s staff. |
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