Byland Abbey

United Kingdom / England / Easingwold /
 monastery, Order of Cistercians, Grade I Listed (UK)
Built in 1134, Byland was one of the three great Cistercian abbey's of the north. A magnificent site when coming from the west, especially at sunset or in the evening when the remaining great front wall is lit against the night sky.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byland_Abbey
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Coordinates:   54°12'11"N   1°9'32"W

Comments

  • In the care of English Heritage and open to the public. See: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConProperty.361
  • Painted by eminent English watercolourists John Sell Cotman (in 1811) and Thomas Girtin.
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