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Bradenstoke Priory is a Augustinian priory founded in the twelfth century in Wiltshire, situated near the village of Bradenstoke. The priory complex included fishponds which served both practical and economic functions typical of monastic estates, supporting the community's sustenance and generating income through fish production. Associated earthworks at Clack Mount, including a motte, form part of the wider manorial landscape connected to the priory's landholdings, demonstrating the integration of monastic and secular lordship within the medieval settlement pattern. The surviving archaeological features, including the fishponds and fortified earthwork, provide material evidence of the priory's prosperity and territorial organisation during the medieval period prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century.
Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010807. View the official record →
Bradenstoke Priory is a Augustinian priory founded in the twelfth century in Wiltshire, situated near the village of Bradenstoke. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010807.
Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount. 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 1010807.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge (9 km), Moated site and fishpond north-west of Pinhills Farm (9.2 km), Medieval rural settlement at Quemerford (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount.'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.
Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount. stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.