Site of Gilbertine priory and post Dissolution house, moats, 18th century garden, medieval settlement and cultivation remains

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History & significance

The site of Gilbertine priory and post-Dissolution house is a scheduled ancient monument near Lincolnshire comprising the remains of a religious community founded in the medieval period. The monument preserves substantial archaeological evidence of the priory's original layout alongside later occupation, including defensive moats that reflect the site's transition following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The landscape contains visible features of an eighteenth-century garden design together with broader traces of medieval settlement patterns and cultivation systems that document the priory's agricultural operations and territorial organisation. The survival of these overlapping phases of activity, from the medieval religious foundation through early modern reoccupation to later domestic landscaping, makes the site significant for understanding both monastic life and post-Dissolution land use in the region.

Site of Gilbertine priory and post Dissolution house, moats, 18th century garden, medieval settlement and cultivation remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010706. View the official record →

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