The date for the Priory at Luffness is given as 13^th century when David II granted the lands to the Carmelite Order.  The remains of two fish ponds used by the monks are nearby.

Luffness

The recessed effigy of a knight in full armour is thought to be that of a certain Bickerton who, when acting as armour bearer to Sir William Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388, assassinated him.  However revenge was not long in coming to the fateful Bickerton, and in the grounds of his own Luffness.  A later theory is that the effigy is that of Henry de Pinkney, an English lord of Luffness and nearby Ballencrieff.  De Pinkney supported Bruce and sose up against Edward 1 in the Wars of Independence.

The name Luffness reputedly originates from Norse for Lofda's Point.  The graves of two Norse warriors were located under the floor of Luffness House.  The Norse connection has yet to be fully explored.