There may have been small numbers of anchorites. There he introduced Palestinian monastic practices, including combining monks with anchorites in "paralauria". Even the most contemplative of anchorites should entertain visitors. The twins reveal they are not members of the Anchorites, but act alone. In England, the earliest recorded anchorites existed in the 11th century. The gender of a high number of anchorites, however, is not recorded for these periods. Servants tended to the basic needs of anchorites, providing food and water and removing waste. There are also many caves on the island, in which anchorites could live. The building was constructed in the mode of a medieval anchorites cell. Some anchorites, however, freely moved between their cell and the adjoining church. Some are anchorites, homeless mendicants preferring solitude and seclusion in remote parts, without affiliation. These monks were anchorites, following the monastic ideal of St. Anthony.