Kirkstead Abbey Ruins

Kirkstead Abbey is a former Cistercian Abbey church, now a ruined fragment of the southeast angle of the south transept, dating from around 1200. The structure is made of limestone ashlar. Notable features include triforium and clerestory arches, which are single splayed and round headed, with moulded imposts for the triforium and external angle shafts that have scalloped capitals for the clerestory. There is a pilaster buttress on the east side. Inside, a roll moulded string course supports a circular wall shaft that rises to a floriated capital, which in turn supports a vaulting rib. On the south side, there is a vaulting corbel for the vault to the sacristy that adjoins the transept to the cloister, located above the line of the dormitory roof. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument No.6.