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Latitude: 54.4447 / 54°26'41"N
Longitude: -3.4633 / 3°27'47"W
OS Eastings: 305205
OS Northings: 506468
OS Grid: NY052064
Mapcode National: GBR 4K81.0G
Mapcode Global: WH5ZP.SJ0Y
Plus Code: 9C6RCGVP+VM
Entry Name: The Monks Oven
Listing Date: 14 July 1989
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1068656
English Heritage Legacy ID: 76361
Location: Ponsonby, Copeland, Cumbria, CA20
County: Cumbria
Civil Parish: Ponsonby
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Beckermet St Bridget
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
ST BRIDGET BECKERMET CALDER ABBEY
NY 00 NE
4/61 The Monks' Oven
GV II*
Large detached oven of uncertain date but associated with the monastery in whose
precinct it is built. Constructed of ashlar and rubble; exterior stone largely
robbed out leaving earth-covered mound with single, very low, semicircular-
headed doorway to centre of south-west face. Interior is c.1.75 m high and
c.3.95 m in diameter. The floor is constructed of tightly-packed stones; the
wall is constructed of ashlar and is of 3 courses with the top course shaped to
act as a springer for the shallow-domed roof which is constructed of small
stones packed tightly together end on. The monks' oven forms part of an
important group of monastic buildings and is positioned alongside a mill-leat.
Listing NGR: NY0520606468
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