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St Mary's Abbey is a Norman monastic site located in Norfolk, England. The abbey was founded in the Norman period and functioned as a Benedictine religious house, representing an important centre of monastic life in medieval Norfolk. The site survives today as earthworks and fragmentary remains, which preserve evidence of the abbey's layout and extent. The monument is designated for its archaeological significance as a record of Norman monastic settlement and medieval religious organisation in the region.
Site of St Mary's Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020141. View the official record →
St Mary's Abbey is a Norman monastic site located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020141.
Site of St Mary's Abbey 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 1020141.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm (3.1 km), Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm (3.2 km), Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Site of St Mary's Abbey'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.
Site of St Mary's Abbey stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.