Source/Archive record SSF62391 - Scheduled Monument List Entry 1021450: Bury St Edmund's Abbey including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls

The scheduling includes the precinct wall and all the open ground and upstanding remains of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds within the Abbey precinct to the north and east of St James' Cathedral, as well as the area to the south-east of the abbey church containing St Andrew's Chapel and the monks' cemetery. It also includes part of an outer precinct to the north-east, south of Eastgate, the wall around the abbey vineyard to the east of the River Lark, and isolated sections of the precinct wall to the north and west, as well as two entrances, St James' Tower to the west and St Margaret's Gate to the south. Most of the upstanding remains of the Abbey, including the surviving gatehouses, several sections of inner and outer precinct walls, as well as the ruins of the church, claustral ranges and associated structures are also listed at Grade I. The abbey was built over the earlier Anglo-Saxon settlement and extended over the early medieval town, and the site will retain evidence of its physical structure and social and economic life.