Gallery 42 - Seatown to Isle of Portland
St Catherine’s Chapel
Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, is this C14 chapel built by the monks of the Abbey as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.
The dedication of the chapel to St Catherine of Alexandria is rare , as is its location outside of the precincts of the monastery.
Built of the local golden limestone , the walls are heavily buttressed to take the stone vaulted roof .
Rainwater drains off the roof through holes in the parapet wall between the buttresses.
The high walls and tall parapets enhanced by the chapel’s hilltop location are designed to impress.
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Date: 05/05/2021
Location: SY 5725 8481