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The chapel was still extant in 1544 when it was granted to Sir George Cotton by the King, although the rest of the buildings had long since fallen into decay. "The king granted to Sir George Cotton...the...chapel of Pulton by Patent dated Dec. 20 1544... 'The remains of the monastery have been long
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The earliest ecclesiastical structure on the site is thought to have been a single-cell structure built in the Saxon period, as evidenced by some 170 pieces of Anglo Saxon pottery, specifically 10th century
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S. Harper cites the above and says: "The suggestion that all of this happened as the people celebrated a vigil, in the main place of worship within the township of
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Furthermore, Iron Age occupation of the site has also been established, with a number of round house ditches having been excavated and a large number of others identified by geophysical survey. Dr Kevin Cootes, site director, believes that the assemblage of animal bone and
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programme called "The Abbey Habit". The weekend dig failed to find any evidence of the location of the abbey, but did establish that an abbey grange, known later as
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between 1199 and 1214. However, foundation must have occurred by 1153 at the latest as Ranulf de Gernon died in 1153. The exact location of the abbey has yet to be established as no above ground structure remains.
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liturgical feast (perhaps a day when it was customary for professional bards to be paid). The occasion may even have been a pilgrimage to a local shrine or well."
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