BRUTON ABBEY


Description:  The site of an Augustinian Priory of circa 1127 - 1511, then Abbey (1511-1539). According to Leland, it was formerly a Benedictine Monastery founded circa 1005, but there is no mention of such in the Domesday Survey. Only the church, (ST63SE7), boundary wall, and a dovecote survive of the monastic buildings. A flight of fishponds and a pillow mound, originally associated with the abbey, also survive. Scheduled.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  SOMERSET

District:  SOUTH SOMERSET

Parish:  BRUTON

Grid Reference:   ST68453474

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 368450, 134740

Period:  EARLY MEDIEVAL, MEDIEVAL, POST MEDIEVAL, 1005 - 1066, 1066 - 1127, 1127 - 1135, 1510 - 1539, 1540 - 1786

Subject:  ABBEY, AUGUSTINIAN MONASTERY, BENEDICTINE MONASTERY, BOUNDARY BANK, BOUNDARY WALL, DEMOLISHED BUILDING, DOVECOTE, EARTHWORK, FISHPOND, MANOR HOUSE, PILLOW MOUND, PRECINCT WALL, PRIORY, STRUCTURE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: ST 63 SE 6
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-199997

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England