Best of East of England
The 12 best burial mounds & barrows in East of England
Our curated top 12 burial mounds & barrows in East of England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 15 burial mounds & barrows see the full burial mounds & barrows index for East of England.
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Leiston Abbey
Suffolk
Leiston Abbey outside the town of Leiston, Suffolk, England, was a religious house of Canons Regular following the Premonstratensian rule (White canons), dedicated to St Mary. Founded in c. 1183 by Ra
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St Benet's Abbey
Norfolk
St Benet's Abbey, also known as St Benet's at Holme or St Benet Hulme, was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict situated at Cow Holm in Horning, Norfolk, England. It lay on the River Bu
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Wendling Abbey
Norfolk
Wendling Abbey was monastic house in Norfolk, England. The Abbey once stood on marshy ground near a small rivulet (small stream) which runs to the south. The abbey and outbuildings covered approximate
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Colchester Abbey
Essex
Details The monument includes the buried and visible remains of the Benedictine Abbey of St John which is located on the southern outskirts of Colchester town centre, largely within the grounds of the
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Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Suffolk
Bury St Edmunds Abbey — partly ruined abbey in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK.
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Leiston Abbey (first site) with later chapel and pill box
Suffolk
Leiston Abbey (first site) with later chapel and pill box — Site of abbey, ruined chapel and World War II pillbox.
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St. John's Abbey
Essex
St John's Abbey, also called Colchester Abbey, was a Benedictine monastic institution in Colchester, Essex, founded in 1095. It was dissolved in 1539. Most of the abbey buildings were subsequently dem
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Langley Abbey
Norfolk
Langley Abbey was an abbey of Premonstratensian Canons in Langley Green, now in the civil parish of Langley with Hardley, Norfolk, England. The monastery was founded by Robert fitzRoger in 1195. There
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Wymondham Abbey
Norfolk
Wymondham Abbey (pronounced Windum) is the Anglican parish church for the town of Wymondham in Norfolk, England.
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Carrow Abbey
Norfolk
Carrow Abbey is a former Benedictine priory in Bracondale, southeast Norwich, England. The village on the site used to be called Carrow (there are many alternative spellings) and gives its name to Car
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Sibton Abbey
Suffolk
Sibton Abbey, an early Cistercian abbey located in Sibton near Yoxford, Suffolk, was founded about 1150 by William de Chesney, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Abbey is a daughter house of War
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Coggeshall Abbey
Essex
Coggeshall Abbey, situated south of the town of Coggeshall in Essex, England was founded in 1140 by King Stephen and Queen Matilda, as a Savigniac house but became Cistercian in 1147 upon the absorpti