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Furness Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1123 as a daughter house of Savigny Abbey in Normandy, located in the Furness Peninsula of Lancashire. The abbey was established under the Savignac order before merging with the Cistercian order in 1147, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential monasteries in northern England. The surviving monuments include substantial earthworks defining the monastic precinct, a great gatehouse providing entrance to the abbey complex, a south-west gateway, a chapel positioned outside the main gates, and the precinct wall which enclosed the monastic community. These remains date predominantly to the medieval period and represent the physical extent and organisation of a major religious establishment that operated until its dissolution in 1537.
Furness Abbey Savignac and Cistercian monasteries: precinct wall, great gatehouse, 'chapel outside the gates', south west gateway and earthworks. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010014. View the official record →
Furness Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1123 as a daughter house of Savigny Abbey in Normandy, located in the Furness Peninsula of Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010014.
Furness Abbey Savignac and Cistercian monasteries: precinct wall, great gatehouse, 'chapel outside the gates', south west gateway and earthworks. 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 1010014.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bow Bridge medieval multi-span bridge (0.7 km), Dalton Castle (2.2 km), Enclosure castle known as Gleaston Castle (4.3 km).
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