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Buckland Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the mid-thirteenth century in Devon, establishing itself as a daughter house of the Abbey of Quarr on the Isle of Wight. The abbey was constructed in the characteristic Cistercian architectural style and functioned as a centre of agricultural and spiritual life until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Following the Dissolution, the monastic buildings were substantially converted into a private residence, a use which has largely preserved the medieval fabric of the structure. The site retains notable elements of its monastic past, including parts of the cloister and domestic buildings, which survive as evidence of its former status as an important religious foundation.
Buckland Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018366. View the official record →
Buckland Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the mid-thirteenth century in Devon, establishing itself as a daughter house of the Abbey of Quarr on the Isle of Wight. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018366.
Buckland Abbey 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 1018366.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crownhill Fort (7.6 km), Woodland fort (7.7 km), Agaton fort (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Buckland Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Buckland Abbey stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.