Bruton
Bruton Abbey Boundary Wall.
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.
Bruton
Bruton Abbey Boundary Wall.
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.