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Grace Dieu Priory is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the early fourteenth century in Belton, Leicestershire, and designated as an ancient monument. The priory remains are situated within a landscape that includes two ponds and a fishpond, features typical of monastic settlements which served both practical and economic purposes. The site represents the physical and spatial organisation of a small religious community, with the surviving earthworks and water features providing evidence of medieval monastic life and land management. The priory was dissolved during the sixteenth-century dissolution of the monasteries, after which the site gradually fell into ruin, though its topographical features have been preserved in the landscape.
Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012001. View the official record →
Grace Dieu Priory is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the early fourteenth century in Belton, Leicestershire, and designated as an ancient monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012001.
Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton 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 1012001.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitwick Castle (2.1 km), Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field (2.4 km), Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue (3.5 km).
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