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Marrick Priory is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the eleventh century in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, which operated as a religious community until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The site subsequently served as a parish church and has retained substantial archaeological and physical evidence of its long occupation, including the priory buildings themselves, associated fishponds and mill structures, and ironworking remains. The landscape surrounding the priory contains later medieval and post-medieval features including trackways and a longhouse, alongside earlier settlement evidence comprising an Iron-Age house platform and what appears to be a prehistoric occupation site. The survival of these overlapping archaeological horizons, from Iron Age through to the post-medieval period, makes Marrick an exceptionally rich testament to the continuity and transformation of human settlement in this Pennine valley.
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, North Yorkshire, which operated as a religious community 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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