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Lindores Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1191 by David, Earl of Huntingdon, in Fife, Scotland. The abbey played a significant role in medieval Scottish religious and cultural life, and its monks were known for their scholarly activities and land management throughout the medieval period. The surviving structures, including parts of the abbey church and ancillary buildings, date primarily from the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflecting the Romanesque and early Gothic architectural styles of the period. The site was largely abandoned following the Scottish Reformation in the sixteenth century, though substantial ruins remain visible today as evidence of its former importance as a major ecclesiastical foundation.
Lindores Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM836. View the official record →
Lindores Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1191 by David, Earl of Huntingdon, in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM836.
Lindores 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 SM836.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dunshelt Plantation,earthwork (8.2 km), Ravenshall, homestead & ring-ditches N of (8.5 km), Strathmiglo Churchyard,symbol stone (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lindores 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.
Lindores Abbey stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.