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Swineshead Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in Lincolnshire in the early twelfth century, established as a daughter house of Revesby Abbey. The abbey was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in the 1530s. Today the site is marked by fragmentary remains of the monastic buildings, including sections of the cloister ranges and the abbey church, though substantial portions lie buried or have been destroyed. The surviving stonework and earthworks provide evidence of the abbey's medieval layout and its significance as a major Cistercian establishment in the East Midlands.
Swineshead Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018687. View the official record →
Swineshead Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in Lincolnshire in the early twelfth century, established as a daughter house of Revesby Abbey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018687.
Swineshead 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 1018687.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Manwar Ings: remains of a motte and bailey castle (0.7 km), Butter cross, Swineshead (1.1 km), Stump Cross (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Swineshead 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.
Swineshead Abbey 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.