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| HER Number: | MDV50065 |
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| Name: | Building at Cornworthy Priory |
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Summary
Site of an ecclesiastic building to the north of the gatehouse at Cornworthy Priory
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 821 556 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX85NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Cornworthy |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWORTHY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85NW/10/2
- Old SAM County Ref: 409
- Old SAM Ref: 24839
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDING (Early Medieval to Unknown - 1066 AD to 11600 AD (Between))
Full description
Ministry of Works, 1958, Cornworthy Priory Gatehouse (Schedule Document). SDV346590.
Other details: Monument 406.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992, Cornworthy Priory (Report - Survey). SDV346583.
Former existence of building running north from the gatehouse is indicted by wall and gable scar. Single storey, 4 metres wide internally. West wall clearly served as precinct wall. Probably had raised timber floor. Can be related to earthworks to north and north-east of gatehouse.
Department of National Heritage, 1994, Cornworthy Priory (Schedule Document). SDV346591.
Cornworthy Priory is located at the western end of the village of Cornworthy, at the head of a small valley to the south of Bow Creek, an inlet on the west side of the Dart estuary. The monument includes the upstanding and buried remains of an Augustinian nunnery in occupation from the early 13th century until 1536. The visible remains exist in the form of ruined stone structures together with a series of low earthworks. They include the substantial remains of the gatehouse and a small section of the precinct wall which encloses a natural spring on the highest part of the site. The north gable-end of the gatehouse has the vestigial remains of a single storey porter's lodge which has a squint into the pedestrian passage and facility for withdrawing the two draw-bars of the gate. Other details: Monument 24839.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346583 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992. Cornworthy Priory. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Stapled. [Mapped feature: #30922 ] |
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| SDV346590 | Schedule Document: Ministry of Works. 1958. Cornworthy Priory Gatehouse. The Schedule of Monuments. Foolscap. |
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| SDV346591 | Schedule Document: Department of National Heritage. 1994. Cornworthy Priory. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8407 | Part of: Cornworthy Priory (Monument) |
| MDV8408 | Related to: Gatehouse at Cornworthy Priory (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 15 2011 2:20PM |
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