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Monk Bretton Priory is a Cluniac monastery founded in the twelfth century in South Yorkshire, England. The priory was established as a daughter house of the Cluniac order and operated as a significant religious community until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The surviving monastic precinct retains notable physical features including remnants of the priory buildings and two fishponds, which provided sustenance for the community and were characteristic elements of medieval monastic estates. The site represents an important example of Cluniac monastic settlement in northern England, with its layout and surviving structures contributing to understanding of twelfth to sixteenth century monastic life and organisation.
Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010057. View the official record →
Monk Bretton Priory is a Cluniac monastery founded in the twelfth century in South Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010057.
Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds 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 1010057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rockley engine house (5.7 km), Hemingfield Colliery (6 km), The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.