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.