Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount.

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History & significance

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 →

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