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Cerne Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the early tenth century in the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. The abbey was established around 987 and became a significant religious house, though it was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century. The surviving structures include a gatehouse, guesthouse, and a substantial barn known as the wine house, which represent important examples of monastic domestic architecture. These buildings demonstrate the physical infrastructure required to sustain a functioning abbey and its interactions with the wider community through hospitality and agricultural management.
Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002681. View the official record →
Cerne Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the early tenth century in the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002681.
Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn) 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 1002681.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow E of Red Barn (9.5 km), Long barrow NW of Red Barn (9.6 km), Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)'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.
Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn) stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.