Inside the Bonamargy Friary
When I saw the name Bonamargy Friary when I was doing my research for this adventure, I just tossed the name into the list and didn’t bother looking it up. I reasoned that since we were already in the area, we will surely pass by this place. True enough we really passed by the friary. But I didn’t expect it to look like this. The Bonamargy Friary is now in ruins. It wasn’t a huge area, so it was easy enough to get around in. The roof of the friary is now gone. For some reason it seems to be the first to go. Probably because the roofs weren’t make of durable material like the walls. It is also possible that the roofs were in such a bad conditions that they needed to tear them down lest it falls on someone.
Probably One of the Doors of the Church
The Bonamargy Friary is a Franciscan friary build back in 1485. Having said that, it was in such a condition that it was difficult to tell what exactly these places were. I was guessing that one of the buildings has got to be a church. There are a number of people buried here as you can see from the number of tombstones here. It has become a bit of a common sight for me to see cemeteries since they are usually built in the church grounds. This place is no different. We would go around to see how old the tomb stones are but most of them only go as far back as the 1800s. I was actually surprised to know that the friary is actually built more than five hundred years ago. We took a few photos around the friary before leaving.
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