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Holystone Priory (site of)

England
List entry 1006517
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006517
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.19 hectares
Grid reference
NT9550002624
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Holystone Priory is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Northumberland, situated in the North Tyne valley. The site occupies a secluded location associated with early Christian veneration, and the priory itself became an important religious house during the medieval period. Substantial remains of the priory church and associated monastic buildings survive, including stonework characteristic of Romanesque and later Gothic architecture. The priory was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which the site gradually fell into ruin, though its architectural fragments and earthworks remain archaeologically significant.

Holystone Priory (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006517. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Holystone Priory (site of)?

Holystone Priory is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Northumberland, situated in the North Tyne valley. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006517.

Who is responsible for protecting Holystone Priory (site of)?

Holystone Priory (site of) 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 1006517.

What other scheduled monuments are near Holystone Priory (site of)?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pattenshiel Knowe Iron Age/Romano-British farmstead (4 km), Cairnfield on Swindon Hill, 800m west of Hepple Whitefield Farm (4 km), Witchy Neuk univallate hillfort and linear boundary 600m west of Hepple Whitefield Farm (4.3 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pattenshiel Knowe Iron Age/Romano-British farmstead
4 km
Cairnfield on Swindon Hill, 800m west of Hepple Whitefield Farm
4 km
Witchy Neuk univallate hillfort and linear boundary 600m west of Hepple Whitefield Farm
4.3 km
18th century water mill at Grasslees
4.7 km
Bastle, 500m west of High Shaw
4.8 km
Bastle at The Raw Farm
4.8 km
Deserted medieval village including bastle at Ironhouse, 750m west of High Shaw
4.8 km
Cairn on Whitefield Shank, 1100m SSW of Hepple Whitefield Farm
5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Holystone Priory (site of)

Holystone Priory (site of) stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Holystone Priory (site of)

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~23.9 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~7.2 milesBattle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~16.3 milesBattle of Flodden 1513Battle (1513) · ~21.8 miles
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