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The once great fortified Abbey of St Benet’s covered an area of 38 acres, had extensive fishponds, owned 28 churches, had property in 76 parishes and the right to dig peat in 12 of them. Now the most visible remains are those of a gatehouse, with a ruined windmill built into it. A large wooden cross marks the spot where the high altar of the abbey church would have been. Tradition has it that the abbey was first established in the early 9th century, but it was definitely endowed by King Cnut in the 11th and flourished for the next 500 years. It has the claim of being the only religious house in England to survive the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII, but this did not save it from the ravages of the Bishop of Norwich – who is still the Abbot and who holds an open-air service on the site every August. Situated on the banks of the River Bure, it is a lonely and evocative spot.
Benet's is owned and cared for by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust.
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