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Inner Precinct, Llanthony Priory

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 09599g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Crucorney
Unitary authority : Monmouthshire
NGR : SO28852785
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Precinct Boundary
Status : Site Cared for by the State

Summary :
Precinct of the monastic complex at Llanthony Priory.

Description :
The precinct of the monastic complex at Llanthony Priory extended to c. 16 ha and comprised a core 'inner' area encompassing the church and main monastic buildings surrounding the cloister, and possibly the infirmary and associated chapel (currently in use as the Parish Church, St David's), and its enclosure, and an outer area for agricultural activities. Detailed descriptions of main monastic buildings are available elsewhere (e.g. Evans 1980 and 1984, and Newman 2002).
To the SW of the core is an area of the precinct known as the Inner Court, which contained the monastic gardens and orchards (c. 12 acres in extent), the remains of the dovecote, rere dorter, and three fish ponds (one surviving) are located at the N edge of this area, close to the monastic core. The outer area extended in an arc from the W of the monastic core complex to the SE. Near the W corner of the precinct is a single surviving gatehouse (converted into a barn), standing and roofed, adjacent are surviving sections of walling, elsewhere the precinct boundary survives as earth and stone banks, and scarps, fossilized in the agricultural landscape. To the E of the gatehouse an embanked track leads W towards the remains of a possible inner gate to the inner monastic core, just NW of the infirmary site (after Proctor 2007; Evans 1984).
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).
The area of the monastic core, the Inner Court and the North enclosure with its Outer Court are currently protected through scheduling (SAM ref. MM004) (Bowden and Roberts 2012).

Sources :
Bowden, R. and Roberts, R. , 2012 , Monastic Sites in Glamorgan and Gwent

Events :
E002159 : Field visit to Llanthony Priory Precinct (year : 2011)
E002119 : Assessment of Monastic Sites in Glamorgan and Gwent (year : 2012)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01720g
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 09577g

Compiled date : 26-03-2012


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