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Bindon Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in the parish of Wool, near the River Frome in Dorset. The abbey was established around 1172 by the Benedictines before converting to the Cistercian order, and it flourished as a significant religious and economic centre throughout the medieval period until its dissolution in 1539. The site preserves substantial remains of the abbey church and domestic buildings, including fragments of the refectory and cloister, which attest to its former architectural importance and monastic layout. Bindon held considerable landholdings across Dorset and accumulated wealth through pastoral agriculture and tidal mills, making it one of the more prosperous Cistercian houses in the south-west.
Bindon Abbey (site) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002703. View the official record →
Bindon Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in the parish of Wool, near the River Frome in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002703.
Bindon Abbey (site) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002703.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Boat Knoll (5.6 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (6.2 km), Two barrows in Halcombe Vale, 700m south west of Monastery Farm (6.3 km).
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