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Summary

Site of a possible garden at the Medieval Augustinian Cornworthy Priory

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008673: Cornworthy Priory

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85NW/10/5
• Old SAM Ref: 24839

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GARDEN (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992, Cornworthy Priory (Report - Survey). SDV346583.

Roughly square, hollowed area defined by gatehouse to south-west, substantial platform to north and low terraces and scarps on east and south sides. May have served as a courtyard, though access from gatehouse is not evident. Possibly a garden. The platform to the north, truncated by Abbey Road, may represent an ornamental feature.

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. Other details: Monument 24839.

Gibbons, P., 1994, Cornworthy Priory (Un-published). SDV346295.

Survey of earthworks by the Royal Commission is inaccurate and confusing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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