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Seaton nunnery is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Cumberland, situated in the parish of Seaton near Workington. The house was established as a daughter foundation and functioned as a religious community for women throughout the medieval period until the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century. Little visible remains of the priory structures survive above ground at the present day, though the site itself retains archaeological significance as evidence of monastic settlement and organisation in the Cumberland region during the Middle Ages.
Seaton nunnery (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007163. View the official record →
Seaton nunnery is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Cumberland, situated in the parish of Seaton near Workington. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007163.
Seaton nunnery (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 1007163.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell (2.2 km), Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow Bridge (2.2 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Seaton nunnery (site of)'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Seaton nunnery (site of) stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.