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Kirkstall Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1152 by monks from Fountains Abbey in the valley of the River Aire near Leeds, Yorkshire. The extensive remains, comprising the church, cloister ranges, and ancillary buildings, are among the most complete of any English Cistercian house and date principally from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The precinct also contains a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock, evidence of activity at the site in the Bronze Age, long before the medieval monastery was established. The abbey ruins, dissolved in the sixteenth century, survive as substantial stone structures that demonstrate the architectural sophistication and scale of monastic life in medieval Yorkshire.
Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018149. View the official record →
Kirkstall Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1152 by monks from Fountains Abbey in the valley of the River Aire near Leeds, Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018149.
Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock 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 1018149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle settlement in Clayton Wood on the south west side of Iveson Drive (2.4 km), Stone hut circle settlement in Iveson Wood (2.6 km), Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold (2.8 km).
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