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Bective Abbey Church
 

County

Meath

Coordinates

N 53° 34' 56.4"   W 006° 42' 10.6"

Nearest town

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Grid Ref.

N 85955 59929

Map No.

42

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

59

Date of visit

Tuesday 24 May 2011

GPS Accuracy (m)

6
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On the south side of the cloister there are two chimney pots, indicating that this part of the building had been used as domestic quarters.


We visited this place for the first time on December 12th, 1995.
I have to admit that I remembered it different. Anyway it is absolutely fantastic and the cloister itself is well worth a visit.
The Cistercian abbey was founded in 1137 as a daughter house of Mellifont Abbey, but nothing of the original building survives today. The abbey was rebuilt in the 13th century, and all that remains from this reconstruction is a wall of the nave.
The community living in it was Anglo-Norman, and in the 1386 the men of Irish birth were banned from entering the monastery.
The cloister and the domestic building were rebuilt on a smaller scale in the 15th century.
After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536, the abbey was turned into a residential mansion and new features were added, like fireplaces and large stone windows.

When we were here, we noticed a group of men at work, a newly built wooden fence and a gate. They told us that plans are to make this place visitable by paying a ticket only.

The abbey was used as one of the filming locations for the movie "Braveheart" (1995), by Mel Gibson. Though it's a church, in the movie it was used to depict a part of king Edward's castle in London.


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