Kinloss Abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade A Listed Building of considerable significance in the context of North East Scotland. The Abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was colonised by Cistercian monks. The Abbey has had an interesting and colourful history and for 400 years was extended and modified many times. The reformation of Parliament in 1560 finally saw the end of Kinloss Abbey and the ruins were sold in 1645 to Alexander Brodie of Lethen, who sold the stone in 1650 for the construction of the Citadel in Inverness.

A programme of ivy clearance was conducted by Moray District Council completing the work in 1995. Some conservation works were carried out by the Moray District Council, under the guidance of Historic Scotland, to the remains of the south transept between 1991 and 1995. The remaining standing remains were surveyed in 1995 by the Royal Commission.

Over the coming years it is hoped to conduct a series of projects at Kinloss Abbey to help improve the public awareness of the Abbey and to conserve the Abbey ruins for the coming generations. This work will be a slow but professional process involving a large amount of funding from various organisations. For various reasons it has been decided to split the work into a series of Projects each with a definitive end-state.