Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3687 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Normansburrow Augustinian Priory |
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Summary
An Augustinian Priory was founded here in about 1160. In 1200 it became a Cluniac alien cell but was a proper cell by 1351/74. It was dissolved in 1538 like many others were across Britain. A lump of lava quern from the medieval period was found here in 1982.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8887 2374 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF82SE |
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| Parish: | RAYNHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Augustinian priory, founded around 1160, in 1200 it became a Cluniac alien cell; in 1351/74 it was a cell proper, dissolved in 1538.
See (S1) (S2).
Field at grid ref is marked in 1843 tithe map as 'Priors', giving a possible location at Norman's Burrow.
E. Rose (NAU) 7 July 1981.
2 May 1982. At TF 8898 2366 on west side footpath.
Lump of lava quern found by A. Rogerson (NAU) on arable surface, casual find.
Assigned to context 1.
A. Rogerson (NAU), May 1982.
A cropmark of a two-celled rectangular building aligned approximately east-west is visible on aerial photographs (S3) at TF 8887 2382. The eastern part of this cropmark is now obscured by woodland. The images also show a possible curving enclosure ditch to the south and west of the building, however there is a background of geological features here and it is not clear if this is of archaeological origin.
K. Powell (HES), 19 December 2012.
Monument Types
- AUGUSTINIAN MONASTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CLUNIAC CELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PRIORY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ALIEN CELL (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1374 AD?)
- CELL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1351 AD? to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 82 SE 22. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Raynham (South). |
| <S1> | Monograph: Page, W. (ed.). 1906. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 2. p 358. |
| <S2> | Publication: Knowles, D. and Hadcock, R. N. 1971. Medieval Religious Houses of England and Wales. pp 97, 101. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 10-SEP-2006 Accessed 19-DEC-2012. |
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