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Wolston Priory is a medieval Benedictine religious house founded in the twelfth century in Warwickshire. The site is marked by substantial earthworks including a moated enclosure that surrounded the priory buildings, a physical arrangement typical of monastic establishments of the period seeking both protection and definition of sacred space. Archaeological investigation and documentary evidence have identified the core monastic precinct within these surviving earthwork boundaries. The priory remained in occupation through the medieval period until the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century, after which the site gradually fell into abandonment, leaving the moated platform and associated earthworks as the principal surviving physical evidence of its former importance as a religious community.
Wolston priory and moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007721. View the official record →
Wolston Priory is a medieval Benedictine religious house founded in the twelfth century in Warwickshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007721.
Wolston priory and moated site 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 1007721.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brandon Castle (0.7 km), Bowl barrow on Lammas Hill (0.8 km), Prehistoric pit alignments and associated features 160m north of The Barbellows (1.9 km).
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