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Kirkstead Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Lincolnshire. The abbey was established in 1139 and became a substantial religious house under the patronage of the de Rumilly family, developing significant landholdings across the region. The surviving remains consist primarily of the abbot's house, a substantial stone structure that demonstrates the architectural quality and resources of the later medieval establishment. The site was dissolved during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, after which the buildings fell into decay, though the abbot's house was converted to domestic use and survives as the principal physical testimony to the abbey's medieval importance.
Kirkstead Abbey (ruins) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005050. View the official record →
Kirkstead Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005050.
Kirkstead Abbey (ruins) 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 1005050.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small multivallate hillfort 460m east of Old Abbey Farm (1 km), Tower on the Moor (3.3 km), Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kirkstead Abbey (ruins)'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.
Kirkstead Abbey (ruins) stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.