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Ellerton Priory is a Cistercian nunnery located in North Yorkshire, England, founded in the twelfth century as a daughter house of Rosedale Priory. The site encompasses the remains of the priory buildings alongside an extensive medieval landscape that includes fishponds, a water management system, a mill, and associated field systems that demonstrate the sophisticated agricultural infrastructure developed by the Cistercian community. The priory was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. The surviving archaeological remains, including the adjacent medieval settlement of Ellerton, provide significant evidence of monastic land use, economic organisation, and the integration of religious communities within the wider medieval Yorkshire countryside.
Ellerton Priory: a Cistercian nunnery including fishponds, water management system, mill, field systems and Ellerton medieval settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019154. View the official record →
Ellerton Priory is a Cistercian nunnery located in North Yorkshire, England, founded in the twelfth century as a daughter house of Rosedale Priory. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019154.
Ellerton Priory: a Cistercian nunnery including fishponds, water management system, mill, field systems and Ellerton medieval settlement 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 1019154.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill (5 km), Medieval settlement and prehistoric hut circle settlement 870m north east of Washfold Farm (5.3 km), Keld Heads lead smelt mill and mine complex (6.2 km).
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Ellerton Priory: a Cistercian nunnery including fishponds, water management system, mill, field systems and Ellerton medieval settlement stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.