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Kingswood Abbey Gate is a fourteenth-century gatehouse forming part of the outer precinct of Kingswood Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire during the twelfth century. The structure represents a substantial stone gateway typical of monastic defensive architecture and served to control access to the abbey's extensive lands. The gatehouse survives as a significant example of late medieval monastic architecture and demonstrates the organizational complexity of one of the region's important religious houses. Its preservation provides evidence of the physical infrastructure that supported monastic communities in the Cotswolds and Forest of Dean region during the medieval period.
Kingswood Abbey gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004872. View the official record →
Kingswood Abbey Gate is a fourteenth-century gatehouse forming part of the outer precinct of Kingswood Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire during the twelfth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004872.
Kingswood Abbey gate 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 1004872.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Single-span bridge called Horse Bridge 260m WSW of Chase Hill House (3.7 km), Roman villa and bathhouse remains in Lower Woods, 115m north west of Lower Woods Lodge (3.9 km), Tresham Farbarrow round barrows (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kingswood Abbey gate'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.
Kingswood Abbey gate stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.