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Latitude: 56.5622 / 56°33'43"N
Longitude: -2.5819 / 2°34'54"W
OS Eastings: 364332
OS Northings: 741290
OS Grid: NO643412
Mapcode National: GBR VV.NJBW
Mapcode Global: WH8S8.9BR5
Entry Name: Arbroath Abbey and associated buildings, including the Abbot's House
Scheduled Date: 31 December 1921
Last Amended: 21 February 2018
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM90018
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: abbey
Location: Arbroath and St Vigeans
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Arbroath East and Lunan
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of Arbroath Abbey and associated buildings.
The monument comprises the remains of the abbey, founded in 1178. Parts of the abbey church and domestic buildings remain, including the S transept, the W front, the gatehouse range and the abbot's house. The latter was built around 1500 and incorporates part of the south range in its basement.
The scheduled area encompasses the remains described and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 250m between its most easterly and westerly points and 136m between its most northerly and most southerly points, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. The scheduling excludes the above-ground components of the modern park furniture, modern fences, and the upper 30cm of Abbey Street and of all modern paths and tracks.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it was one of the most ambitious monastic complexes to be founded in Scotland, and because of the high value of its architectural remains and archaeological potential, which together have the power to provide information about a wide range of aspects of medieval society.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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