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Tavistock Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century in Devon, England, which became one of the most substantial and wealthy religious houses in the southwest before the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. The abbey, established around 961, played a significant role in the ecclesiastical and economic life of medieval Devon, accumulating considerable land holdings and influence throughout the medieval period. Substantial ruins of the medieval complex remain visible today, including parts of the gatehouse and other structural elements that testify to the abbey's former scale and importance. The site remains an important witness to monastic life in Devon and to the broader pattern of religious reform and suppression that characterised sixteenth-century England.
Tavistock Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020401. View the official record →
Tavistock Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century in Devon, England, which became one of the most substantial and wealthy religious houses in the southwest before the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020401.
Tavistock 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 1020401.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp NE of Berra Tor (5.2 km), Morwellham Quay: transport infrastructure, part of the water control system and a manganese mill (5.7 km), Gawton arsenic mine and flue (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tavistock 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.
Tavistock Abbey stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.