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Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1150 by King David I of Scotland in the parish of Kinloss, Morayshire. The abbey was established as part of the royal patronage of the Cistercian order in Scotland and became one of the significant religious houses in the north-east. The surviving remains, now fragmentary, include parts of the abbey church and associated domestic buildings which testify to medieval monastic occupation. The site was largely dismantled following the Reformation in the sixteenth century, though some structural elements remain visible as archaeological features in the landscape.
Kinloss Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1227. View the official record →
Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1150 by King David I of Scotland in the parish of Kinloss, Morayshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1227.
Kinloss Abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1227.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sueno's Stone (2.7 km), Burgie Castle and Dovecot (3.5 km), Fishing vessel graveyard, 600m NNE of Binsness Cottage, Findhorn Bay (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kinloss 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.
Kinloss Abbey stands on Upper Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.