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Photographer: Ray Gurganus
Taken: August 2, 2019
Caption: St Oswald's Anglo Saxon Minster and Medieval Priory Marker
Additional Description: St Oswald's Priory in 1250 AD with the cloister and the earlier Norman tower. The high, pointed arches coloured green show where the church was extended to the west. These arches, blocked up in about 1550, still survive cn the standing ruin.

The site was excavated in 1975-83 and the paths and seating areas were laid out in 2006. The gravelled areas indicate the positions of the Saxon and medieval church, and also the monastic buildings that surrounded the cloister garden during the 13th to 16th centuries. The approximate extent of the original cloister garden (one corner of which is now cut off by Archdeacon St) is indicated by low Yew hedges.
Submitted: August 19, 2020, by Ray Gurganus of Washington, District of Columbia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p535544
File Size: 0.050 Megabytes

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