Lanercost

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Lanercost is a village in the northern part of Cumbria, England. This settlement is known for the presence of the Lanercost Priory and its proximity to Hadrian's Wall.

[edit] History

Nearby Hadrian's Wall, the most important Roman monument in Britain, is located approximately one kilometre north of Lanercost Priory.[1] The wall, was not a major battlement to prevent invasion, but a barrier to indercept unwanted immigrants from the north, who, according to the Romans, were a threat to the peacefulness of peaceful Brittania.[2] The River Irthing demarcated a key transition in the geometry of Hadrian's Wall according to C. Michael Hogan. West of the Irthing "turf and timber prevailed, while cut stones with limed mortar interstices were used to the east" of the river.[3]

Lanercost Priory was founded in 1165 AD[4] to house Augustinian Canons.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official English Heritage website
  2. ^ Stephen Johnson (2004) Hadrian's Wall, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, 128 pps, ISBN 0713488409
  3. ^ C.Michael Hogan (2007) Hadrian's Wall, ed. Andy Burnham, The Megalithic Portal
  4. ^ Lanercost Priory


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