The Remains of Shaftesbury Abbey

Benedictine Convent: founded by King Alfred; his daughter Elfgiva was first abbess; general view looking south-east
Benedictine Convent: general view of east end originally of staggered apses
Benedictine Convent: facing north with King Alfred statue; church of Holy Trinity in background
Benedictine Convent: surviving Norman pillars in the nave & crossing; church of St Peter in distance
Benedictine Convent: site of the pulpitum & altar
Benedictine Convent: cross (from Angel Square) where the high altar stood
Benedictine Convent: site of nun's grave likely to be Juliana de Bauceyn, abbess d.1279
Benedictine Convent: site of Stourton chantry chapel; Margaret Stourton was abbess 1423-1441
Benedictine Convent: modern glass depicting Edward the Martyr (murdered 978), Saxon king buried at the abbey
Benedictine Convent: Stourton tiles in museum; sable, a bend or between six fountains
Benedictine Convent: Montacute tiles in museum; argent, three lozenges in fess gules
Benedictine Convent: Cheney tiles in museum; four fusils in fess, each charged with escallop
Benedictine Convent: Norman work in museum
Benedictine Convent: Norman work in museum
Benedictine Convent: tomb slab dated about the time of the Dissolution