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Marrick Priory is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the eleventh century in Swaledale, Yorkshire, which operated until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The site contains substantial archaeological remains spanning multiple periods, including medieval priory structures, fishponds and associated water management features, a mill mound, and evidence of later ironworking activity. Earlier features on the site include an Iron Age house platform and a prehistoric longhouse, demonstrating continuous occupation across centuries. The priory church was subsequently converted to parochial use, and the wider landscape preserves trackways and earthworks that document the economic and domestic life of the community and surrounding settlement.
Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012182. View the official record →
Marrick Priory is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the eleventh century in Swaledale, Yorkshire, which operated until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012182.
Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform 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 1012182.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cobscar Mill ore hearth lead smeltmill, flue and chimney (4.7 km), Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill (5 km), Ring cairn on Thorny Bank Hill (5 km).
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