Bindon Abbey (Bindonium) was a Cistercian monastery, of which only ruins remain

founded in 1149 by William de Glastonia on the site since known as Little Bindon near Bindon Hill on the coast near Lulworth Cove as a daughter house of Forde Abbey, but the terrain proved too demanding to sustain the community. In 1172 the monastery moved to a site near Wool, the gift of Roger de Newburgh and his wife, Matilda de Glastonia (the granddaughter of the original founder), who also endowed it with further estates in the county.

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June 8, 2025

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Bindon Abbey is the ruined site of a former Cistercian monastery located near the village of Wool in Dorset, England, on the River Frome

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Location: West Lulworth, Purbeck, Dorset, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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