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Friar Biggins monastic grange is a medieval agricultural establishment located in Westmorland, England, dating from the medieval period. The site represents a grange, a type of outlying farm operated by a monastic community to manage pastoral and arable resources away from the main monastery. Granges of this kind were integral to the economic infrastructure of religious houses during the Middle Ages, allowing monks or their lay workers to exploit dispersed landholdings. The monument survives as earthwork and structural remains indicative of the functional agricultural buildings and enclosures characteristic of such establishments.
Friar Biggins monastic grange is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007636. View the official record →
Friar Biggins monastic grange is a medieval agricultural establishment located in Westmorland, England, dating from the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007636.
Friar Biggins monastic grange 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 1007636.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell (1.1 km), Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling (1.1 km), Gamelands embanked stone circle (1.3 km).
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