- Lanercost Priory
Lanercost
Priory was founded in1165 AD [ [http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/cumbria/abbeys/index.htm Lanercost Priory] ] to houseAugustinian Canons. It is situated at the village ofLanercost ,Cumbria ,England . It was subject to raids and wars, since the border withScotland was about 15 miles to the north. It suffered a crippling economic burden when Edward I was resident there for six months during his last campaign in 1306-7 [ [http://www.jstor.org/pss/555221 Edward I at Lanercost Priory] ] before moving ontoCarlisle and then dying at Burgh-by-Sands immediately before he could enter Scotland. All this was recorded in theLanercost Chronicle .Lanercost was dissolved as a
priory in1538 by Henry VIII. A small part of its nave was roofed over for use as a parish church, and in the 19th century the whole nave was roofed and divided from the crossing by a wall to make a larger parish church, which still functions today. In its churchyard is the tomb ofThomas Addison .Roman era history
Hadrian's Wall , the most important Roman monument inGreat Britain is situated about one kilometre north of Lanercost Priory. [ [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.13795 English Heritage site] ] The wall, was, unlike common perception, not a major battlefront to prevent invasion, but a barrier to inderdict unwanted immigrants from the north, who, the Romans thought, were a threat to the peacefulness of settledBrittania . [Stephen Johnson (2004) "Hadrian's Wall", Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ISBN 0713488409] The River Irthing marked an important transition in construction of Hadrian's Wall according to C. Michael Hogan. West of the River Irthing "turf and timber prevailed, while cut stones with limed mortar interstices were used to the east" of the river. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C.Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", ed. Andy Burnham, The Megalithic Portal] ] AtGilsland thetributary Poltross Burn flows into the River Irthing. CrossingHadrian's Wall atGilsland , its course as it turns west is lined with sites fromRoman Britain , including Birdoswald Roman Fort, at the top of another steep gorge carved by the river from the deeptill overlying the area.References
External links
* [http://www.lanercost.co.uk/ Lanercost website]
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