As a result of the excavation, it was discovered that Abe-dera Temple used to have a Buddhist monastery in the Horyu-ji Temple style in which a tower was built in the west (the left) and a golden hall in the east (the right), and on analysis of the style used in the old tiles excavated at the site, it is considered to have been founded in the 7th century.
発掘調査の結果、安倍寺は東（右）に金堂、西（左）に塔が建つ法隆寺式伽藍日本の伽藍をもっていたことがわかり、出土した古瓦の様式年代からも創建が7世紀にさかのぼる寺院跡であると見られる。