What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval building as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cistercian monastery, medieval period (12th–16th centuries). The site is significant for its monastic precinct, water-management systems, and associated agricultural landscape, reflecting monastic economic and engineering practices in medieval England.
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