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Sweetheart Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 by Dervorguilla of Galloway in the parish of New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, in south-western Scotland. The abbey was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and became one of the largest and most prosperous Cistercian houses in Scotland before its dissolution in the sixteenth century. The surviving architectural remains include the substantial precinct walls and the impressive red sandstone Abbey Church, with its distinctive twin towers and notable early English Gothic styling characteristic of the Cistercian order. The site preserves evidence of monastic planning typical of the period, with the church at its centre and the ancillary domestic ranges arranged around the cloister, though many structures survive only as earthwork or foundation level.
Sweetheart Abbey, abbey, precinct and walls is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90293. View the official record →
Sweetheart Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 by Dervorguilla of Galloway in the parish of New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, in south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90293.
Sweetheart Abbey, abbey, precinct and walls dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a abbey, precinct and walls. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Sweetheart Abbey, abbey, precinct and walls 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 SM90293.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ingleston Mote,motte (2 km), Ward Law, prehistoric enclosure and roundhouse 360m WSW of (5.6 km), Slewcairn, hut circle on W bank of Mid Burn (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Sweetheart Abbey, abbey, precinct and walls'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.
Sweetheart Abbey, abbey, precinct and walls stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.