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Precinct, Llanthony Priory

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 09577g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Crucorney
Unitary authority : Monmouthshire
NGR : SO28862789
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Precinct Boundary
Status : Site Cared for by the State

Summary :
An enclosure of c16 ha formed variously by a wall, banks and ditches, and natural features, which surrounded the main buildings of Llanthony Priory.

Description :
An irregularly shaped area of c16 ha surrounding the main buildings of Llanthony Priory and partly enclosed by a substantial stone wall. This area housed the priory's agricultural outbuildings. Part of the boundary wall still survives in the northwest, where it is 1.1m thick and 2.4m high. Elsewhere the enclosure is bounded by eathwork banks or ditches, or follows the line of natural stream ravines. Large yew trees mark the boundary in at least three of its corners. Entrance from the west was through the gatehouse (PRN 01740g), and from the north over a bridge crossing the stream that formed the boundary at this point.

The outer area is divided into a North enclosure and South enclosures (after Evans 1984). Within the North enclosure to the NW of the church is a rectangular Outer Court with the remains of the Priorys main estate barn, the Tithe barn, at its SW edge. Beyond the precinct boundary, to the S, is a corn mill, the possible site of a monastic mill and the remains of a probable millpond. A number of areas have been identified as being suitable for geophysical survey at Llanthony Priory: the area of the Tithe barn/Outer court and the Trackways, and the Fish Ponds (Proctor 2007).

Sources :
Bowden, R. and Roberts, R. , 2012 , Monastic Sites in Glamorgan and Gwent
Procter, E , 2007 , Llanthony Priory in the Vale of Ewyas: The landscape impact of a medieval priory in the Welsh Marches

Events :
E002159 : Field visit to Llanthony Priory Precinct (year : 2011)
E002119 : Assessment of Monastic Sites in Glamorgan and Gwent (year : 2012)
E008394 : Court Farm, Llanthony, Monmouthshire (year : 2021)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01720g
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 09599g
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01735g

Compiled date : 02-11-2011


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