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Shouldham Priory is a Gilbertine priory founded in the twelfth century in Norfolk, England. The priory, which followed the rule of the Gilbertine order, the only major monastic order founded in England, occupied a site with significant evidence of earlier occupation and land use. The priory landscape incorporates a section of a Roman road, demonstrating the strategic location of the medieval foundation on routes established in antiquity, whilst Bronze Age funerary activity in the form of an urnfield indicates occupation of the wider area during the prehistoric period. Associated with the priory are water management features characteristic of medieval monastic sites, reflecting the importance of hydraulic infrastructure to the functioning of such communities.
Shouldham Priory with associated water management features, a section of a Roman road and a Bronze Age urnfield is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010572. View the official record →
Shouldham Priory is a Gilbertine priory founded in the twelfth century in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010572.
Shouldham Priory with associated water management features, a section of a Roman road and a Bronze Age urnfield 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 1010572.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' Church (0.8 km), Moated site in Hills and Holes Plantation, 30m north west of Home Farm (2.4 km), Marham Abbey (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shouldham Priory with associated water management features, a section of a Roman road and a Bronze Age urnfield'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.
Shouldham Priory with associated water management features, a section of a Roman road and a Bronze Age urnfield stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.