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St Olave's Priory is a ruined Benedictine monastery located near Hickling in Norfolk, England, established in the eleventh century as a daughter house of the French priory of Bury. The site comprises substantial remains of the priory church and associated monastic buildings, which demonstrate the architectural development of a religious community over several centuries until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The surviving masonry includes portions of the church walls and foundation traces of the cloister and domestic ranges, providing evidence of the layout and scale of this modest but established monastic foundation. The priory remained in use as an agricultural settlement following the Dissolution, and its remains have been subject to ongoing erosion and archaeological investigation since their antiquarian documentation.
St Olave's Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003909. View the official record →
St Olave's Priory is a ruined Benedictine monastery located near Hickling in Norfolk, England, established in the eleventh century as a daughter house of the French priory of Bury. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003909.
St Olave's Priory 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 1003909.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mill Hill bowl barrow, 650m north east of Caldecott Hall (3 km), Lound Waterworks engine house (4.4 km), Burgh Castle Roman fort, vicus, pre-Conquest monastery and Norman motte and bailey castle (5.3 km).
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