The excavated remains indicate a complex of buildings whose layout follows a well-known pattern. The church of the Benedictine monks in Bakonybél was joined to the south by monastic quarters providing living and working space for the monks. In the middle of this was a rectangular courtyard surrounded by corridors, to which the stone-walled wings of the building were connected on three sides. However, the quadrangle thus formed is the result of a relatively late construction. Our observations show that in the first centuries the monks on the south side of the former ornate church building were still largely confined to simple timber-framed buildings. These light-weight buildings may have been arranged essentially similar to the later stone buildings, at least as the early tombs excavated under the cloister suggest. The stone walls were built only in the 13th and 14th centuries. A further transformation of the monastery took place at the end of the Middle Ages, but with only minor alterations.

The abbey of Bakonybél was particularly prestigious because it was founded during the reign of King St Stephen I, and was thus one of the six earliest Benedictine men's monasteries in the Kingdom of Hungary. It is surprising that despite its outstanding significance, little was known about the remains of the monastery until recently. Although valuable finds from the early 20th century and stone walls identified in 2010 confirmed that the medieval monastery was located somewhere below or next to the building that still stands today, the exact location of the medieval complex was not known. The breakthrough came with the 2022-2023 research. At last, clearly recognizable details of the monastery's cloister corridor and the wings of the building surrounding the corridors from the outside came to light. Taking into account the characteristics of the monastic architecture of the period, as well as the results of geophysical research and previous excavations, a roughly laid-out plan of the medieval monastery could be drawn.