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Cloister

A covered walk, walled on one side and usually arcaded on the other, surrounding or partly surrounding an open area in a monastery or similar complex of Christian buildings.

The ruins of Castle Acre Priory showing the Prior's lodgings and the cloisters

The ruins of Castle Acre Priory showing the Prior's lodgings and the cloisters. (© NCC)