Castle Acre Priory (ruins)
United Kingdom /
England /
Swaffham /
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/ United Kingdom
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/ Swaffham
World / United Kingdom / England
ruins, monastery, interesting place, Grade I Listed (UK)
Impressive ruins of a priory of the Cluniac order (Catholic) established in the early middle ages. Destroyed, along with many other monasteries, by King Henry VIII in the 16th century when he took over the Church in England.
Castle Acre was the first Cluniac foundation in England (1077). Unlike Cistercian foundations, Cluniacs didn't eschew decoration in their architecture, and Castle Acre exhibits some fine detail.
Open to the public, in the care of English Heritage.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/castle-a...
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/castleacrepriory/castleacrepr...
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-221878-remains-of-g...
Castle Acre was the first Cluniac foundation in England (1077). Unlike Cistercian foundations, Cluniacs didn't eschew decoration in their architecture, and Castle Acre exhibits some fine detail.
Open to the public, in the care of English Heritage.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/castle-a...
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/castleacrepriory/castleacrepr...
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-221878-remains-of-g...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Acre_Priory
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°42'1"N 0°40'58"E
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- Baconsthorpe Castle 39 km
- Castle (remains of) 42 km
- St Benet's Abbey 56 km
- Burgh Castle 67 km
- Bolingbroke Castle 68 km
- Remnant of Runway 03-21 75 km
- Remnant of Runway 15-33 76 km
- Remnant of Runway 09-27 76 km
- Former RAF Great Massingham 8.7 km
- Pentney Water Ski Club 10 km
- Houghton Hall Estate 14 km
- Sandringham Estate 17 km
- Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve 19 km
- Hardwick Industrial Estate 19 km
- Former RAF Bircham Newton 20 km
- Port of Kings Lynn 21 km
- Ken Hill Wood 24 km
- The Wash 39 km