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Abbotsbury Abbey & St Catherine's Chapel walking tours
Heritage Open Day: Join the volunteers to learn more about St Catherine's Chapel and it's local surrounding.
Meeting at the Abbotsbury Abbey remains information board, a walking tour to St Catherine's Chapel. Set high on a hilltop overlooking Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland, this barrel-vaulted 14th century chapel was built by the monks of the nearby Abbotsbury Abbey as a place of pilgrimage and retreat. Today the chapel still sits in splendid isolation.
Make your way up the hill, take in the fantastic views of the abbey ruins, and explore the nooks and crannies of this curious little chapel, including the 'wishing holes' where local women used to pray to St Catherine and ask her to find them a husband.
Meeting at the Abbotsbury Abbey remains information board, a walking tour to St Catherine's Chapel. Set high on a hilltop overlooking Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland, this barrel-vaulted 14th century chapel was built by the monks of the nearby Abbotsbury Abbey as a place of pilgrimage and retreat. Today the chapel still sits in splendid isolation.
Make your way up the hill, take in the fantastic views of the abbey ruins, and explore the nooks and crannies of this curious little chapel, including the 'wishing holes' where local women used to pray to St Catherine and ask her to find them a husband.
Sat 14 Sep:11am and 1pm only; Free Entry.
Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4JH
Sat 14 Sep 2024