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  SM3200_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The monument consists of the ruined remains of an abbey together with an area around these, in which traces of other parts of the abbey, together with earlier structures, may survive.

The early monastic settlement is known to have been in existence by c. 1200, and by inference for many years before. It was adapted about that date to form an Augustinian Priory, and advanced to the status of Abbey in c. 1220.

The most substantial remains are of the W conventual range, the N gable of which still stands to full height. Collpased masonry of the other ranges and of the S wall of the church defines the cloister. A considerable area to W, N and E of the visible remains has consistently produced finds, and traces of masonry, which may be attributed to the ecclesiastical establishment.

The area to be scheduled is indicated in red on the accompanying plan. It excludes all modern boundaries, the line of the public road and an area for which planning permission to construct domestic housing has recently been granted.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance as a well-established religious community site pre-dating the reforms of the 12th and 13th centuries. As an Augustinian abbey of relatively small scale it has an added importance since the archaeology of such sites has been relatively little explored, but appears to be frequently atypical.

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