2012
SE5784 : Rievaulx: the abbey
taken 11 years ago, near to Rievaulx, North Yorkshire, England
Rievaulx: the abbey
This magnificent ruin stands in a wonderful setting in the Rye valley, and its beauty is easily appreciable on a cloudless winter day such as today.
One of the largest such sites in Britain, the abbey was founded in 1132 and destroyed by Henry VIII in the reformation, in 1538.
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