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The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey is a scheduled monument comprising defensive structures and boundary features of the Benedictine abbey founded in the eleventh century. The gate and associated precinct walls date principally from the medieval period, forming part of the monastic enclosure that protected and defined the abbey's landed estate. The North Gate represents typical monastic gatehouse architecture, serving both a practical function in controlling access to the abbey and a symbolic expression of the community's separation from the secular world. These structures remain significant archaeological and architectural evidence of Buckfast's development as one of Devon's major religious institutions until its dissolution in the sixteenth century.
The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019607. View the official record →
The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey is a scheduled monument comprising defensive structures and boundary features of the Benedictine abbey founded in the eleventh century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019607.
The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast 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 1019607.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow NW of Harbourneford (5.7 km), Remains of chapel on Brent Hill (6.8 km), Hillfort on Brent Hill (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast 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.
The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.