Monastic settlement

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Monastic settlements are areas built up in and around the development of monasteries with the spread of Christianity. These settlements are of historic interest as the development of a monastery typically spurred other settlement developments over many hundred of years which my be rich in historical artefacts enabling understanding of social orders and the spread of culture and technologies.

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