The Mount (Calvary)

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The Mount (Calvary)

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 7 Oct 2006

A former defensive mound given to St Pancras' Priory in 1077 when the land on which this stands was given over to the Cluniac order and William de Warenne decided to build himself a castle further up the hill. Stories are also told that the mound was used as a Calvary hill when monks out of penance had to walk up to the top with a cross over their shoulder, though a more realistic story appears to be that it was the home to the priory's windmill. Crosses are still taken to the top of the mound on Good Friday along the spiral pathway which can be made out though the mound has lost part of the left hand side when the bowling club cut a chunk out in order to build a bowling green during the Victorian era.

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