| Summary : A medieval Benedictine grange site is visible as earthworks on air photographs. The site is defined by a series of earthwork banks and ditches, as well as a possible dovecote, buildings, a hollow way, tofts and a mill race. Most of the features are still extant on the latest 1987 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.Benedictine grange or manor house of Lindisfarne Priory at Fenham, built or added to in 1339 AD, with a moat or a ditch in 1385 AD. A tower was standing in 1560 AD. Now just a mound surrounded by the remains of a precinct wall and ditch and a series of enclosures thought to contain the remains of service and agricultural buildings, crofts and tofts, the remains of medieval agricultural systems and part of a mill race. |
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(NU 08664070) Manor House (L.B.) (site) (1)
The monks of Holy Island had a manor house, or grange at Fenham.
It was built, or at least added to, in 1339, and enclosed by a
drainage ditch or moat in 1385. In 1560, it was described as a "tower
in good repair". The greater part was still standing in 1782, but
only the foundations are now (1852) visible, together with ground
disturbance in the field in which it stood. (2)
Remains of the manor house consist of an irregular-shaped mound 1m
high, surrounded by the foundations of a probable precinct wall, and
traces of a ditch. The steading of a dovecote, and other minor
crofts and enclosures can be identified to the north and west.
Published survey (25") revised. (3)
Condition unchanged. (4)
NU 086 408. Monastic grange at Fenham. Scheduled No ND/362. (5)
A medieval Benedictine grange site is visible as earthworks on air photographs, centred at NU 0866 4070. The site is defined by a series of earthwork banks and ditches, as well as a possible dovecote, buildings, a hollow way, tofts and a mill race. The scheduling desciption (SMR number Northumberland 4100) offers a good interpretation of the site. Most of the features are still extant on the latest 1987 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
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