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Quarr Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. The abbey was established around 1132 and operated as a daughter house of Savigny Abbey until the Cistercian order absorbed Savigny in 1147. The site represents an important example of early Cistercian settlement in southern England, though substantial remains from the medieval period survive only as earthworks and fragmentary stone foundations. The abbey was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and its ruins were subsequently quarried for building stone, accounting for the diminished state of the surviving structures today.
Quarr Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012714. View the official record →
Quarr Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012714.
Quarr Abbey 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 1012714.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse (5.3 km), Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery (5.3 km), Bowl barrow on Arreton Down (5.9 km).
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