Site type guide
Abbey
Abbey sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
121 abbey sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
Atlas summary
Abbey sacred sites overview
Abbey sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
| Coverage | 121 abbey sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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Showing 49-96 of 121 sites in this site-type guide
Hexham Abbey
Hexham, England, United Kingdom
Hexham Abbey belongs among the significant living Christian places of England. The sacred frame at Hexham Abbey comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition....
Holy Cross Abbey
County Tipperary, Tipperary, Ireland
Holy Cross Abbey stands as one of Ireland's rarest achievements: a 12th-century Cistercian monastery fully restored to active parish worship....
Inch Abbey
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Inch Abbey stands in Northern Ireland as a major monastic site. At Inch Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Inis Cealtra
County Clare, Clare, Ireland
Inis Cealtra stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Inis Cealtra, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Iona Abbey
Isle of Iona, Scotland, United Kingdom
Iona Abbey stands on a small Hebridean island where St Columba founded a monastery in AD 563....
Jedburgh Abbey
Jedburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jedburgh Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Scotland. Jedburgh Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Jerpoint Abbey
Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Jerpoint Abbey belongs among the significant monastic places of Republic of Ireland. The sacred frame at Jerpoint Abbey comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Kylemore Abbey
County Galway, County Galway, Ireland
Kylemore Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Republic of Ireland. Kylemore Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Leicester Cathedral
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Leicester Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Lesnes Abbey
London, England, United Kingdom
Lesnes Abbey stands in southeast London as a ruin built from guilt. Founded in 1178 by Richard de Luci — the man whose loyalty to Henry II helped trigger the murder of...
Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield, England, United Kingdom
Lichfield Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Liverpool Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Roman Catholic Christianity provides the public sacred...
Llandaff Cathedral
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Llandaff Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of Wales. The sacred frame at Llandaff Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Llanthony Priory
Llanthony, Wales, United Kingdom
Llanthony Priory belongs among the significant monastic places of Wales. The sacred frame at Llanthony Priory comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Manchester Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Mariastein Abbey
Metzerlen-Mariastein, Solothurn, Switzerland
Fifty-nine steps lead down into the earth beneath a late Gothic basilica in northwest Switzerland, where a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary stands free in the rock face...
Mellifont Abbey
Tullyallen Village, Louth, Ireland
Mellifont Abbey stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Mellifont Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Melrose Abbey
Melrose, Scotland, United Kingdom
Melrose Abbey belongs among the significant monastic places of Scotland. The sacred frame at Melrose Abbey comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Mount Grace Priory
Northallerton, England, United Kingdom
Mount Grace Priory is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in England. Mount Grace Priory is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Mount Melleray Abbey
County Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
Mount Melleray Abbey stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Mount Melleray Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Moyne Abbey
County Mayo, Mayo, Ireland
Moyne Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Republic of Ireland. Moyne Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Muckross Abbey
County Kerry, Kerry, Ireland
Muckross Abbey belongs among the significant monastic places of Republic of Ireland. The sacred frame at Muckross Abbey comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Neath Abbey
Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
Neath Abbey stands in Wales as a major monastic site. At Neath Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Newcastle Cathedral
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Newcastle Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
Norwich Cathedral
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Norwich Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Nottingham Cathedral
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Nottingham Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England. Nottingham Cathedral is interpreted here through Roman Catholic Christianity....
Paisley Abbey
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Paisley Abbey stands in Scotland as a major living Christian site. At Paisley Abbey, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Peterborough Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Peterborough Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
Pluscarden Abbey
Pluscarden, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pluscarden Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Scotland. Pluscarden Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Portsmouth Cathedral
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Portsmouth Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Quarr Abbey
Ryde, England, United Kingdom
Quarr Abbey stands in England as a major living Christian site. At Quarr Abbey, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx, England, United Kingdom
Rievaulx Abbey stands in England as a major monastic site. At Rievaulx Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon, England, United Kingdom
Ripon Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Ripon Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Romsey Abbey
Romsey, England, United Kingdom
Romsey Abbey belongs among the significant living Christian places of England. The sacred frame at Romsey Abbey comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition....
Rosserk Friary
County Mayo, Mayo, Ireland
Rosserk Friary belongs among the significant monastic places of Republic of Ireland. The sacred frame at Rosserk Friary comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Saint-Pierre Abbey in Moissac
Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Saint-Pierre de Moissac is one of the supreme achievements of Romanesque art. Its twelfth-century south portal renders Christ in glory from the Book of Revelation, and its...
Saint-Sever Abbey
Landes, France
One of the great Romanesque sanctuaries of Gascony, Saint-Sever Abbey was founded around the turn of the millennium and rebuilt on the model of Cluny....
Salford Cathedral
Salford, England, United Kingdom
Salford Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Salford Cathedral, Roman Catholic Christianity provides the public sacred context....
Selby Abbey
Selby, England, United Kingdom
Selby Abbey stands in England as a major living Christian site. At Selby Abbey, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Sheffield Cathedral
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Sheffield Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Sheffield Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Sligo Abbey
Sligo, Sligo, Ireland
Sligo Abbey stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Sligo Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Southwell Minster
Southwell, England, United Kingdom
Southwell Minster is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow belongs among the significant cathedral places of Scotland....
St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Andrews Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in Scotland....
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast belongs among the significant cathedral places of Northern Ireland....
St Asaph Cathedral
Saint Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom
St Asaph Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of Wales. The sacred frame at St Asaph Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
St Augustine's Abbey
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
Founded in 598 CE by Augustine of Canterbury on land granted by the Kentish king, this ruined Benedictine abbey is the birthplace of organised Christianity in Anglo-Saxon...
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Key questions
Abbey sacred-site questions
- What abbey sacred sites are included?
- Abbey sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 121 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these abbey sites located?
- Major country clusters include United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Switzerland.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition, Christian monastic tradition, Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity.
- Can I view abbey sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.