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Castle Acre Priory is a Cluniac monastery founded in the late eleventh century by William de Warenne, a prominent Norman baron, within the precincts of his earlier castle at Castle Acre in Norfolk. The priory was established circa 1090 as a daughter house of the French monastery of Cluny and became one of the most important religious communities in East Anglia during the medieval period. The surviving remains include substantial portions of the Romanesque church, parts of the cloister ranges, and the impressive gatehouse, which represent some of the finest twelfth and thirteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture in England. The priory was dissolved during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, after which the buildings gradually fell into ruin, though their scale and quality remain evident today.
Castle Acre Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015870. View the official record →
Castle Acre Priory is a Cluniac monastery founded in the late eleventh century by William de Warenne, a prominent Norman baron, within the precincts of his earlier castle at Castle Acre in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015870.
Castle Acre 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 1015870.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Double moated site of Old Hall, 250m north west of Church Farm (0.3 km), Castle Acre Castle, town defences and Bailey Gate (0.5 km), Churchyard cross, St George's Church (0.6 km).
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