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Blythburgh Priory is a Benedictine monastic foundation established in Suffolk during the eleventh century. The priory was founded as a daughter house, with surviving architectural remains including sections of flint and stone walling that attest to medieval construction techniques typical of East Anglian religious communities. The site lies within the parish of Blythburgh near the River Blyth estuary, in an area of significant monastic settlement during the medieval period. The priory was subject to the typical processes of dissolution that affected religious houses in the sixteenth century, leaving only fragmentary structural remains visible today.
Blythburgh Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005962. View the official record →
Blythburgh Priory is a Benedictine monastic foundation established in Suffolk during the eleventh century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005962.
Blythburgh Priory is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005962.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 950m WSW of Eastwoodlodge Farm (1.9 km), Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm (2 km), Bowl barrow west of Fen Covert, 305m south of Fen Cottage (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Blythburgh Priory's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Blythburgh Priory stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.