Buildwas Abbey (Buildwas)

United Kingdom / England / Much Wenlock / Buildwas

museum, ruins, monastery, Order of Cistercians, catholicism

Cistercian Monastery ruin. The abbey was established in 1135 by Roger de Clinton as a daughter-house of Furness Abbey. The nave has 14 Norman arches with clerestory windows.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildwas_Abbey

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Coordinates: 52°38'8"N 2°31'41"W

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National Tramway Museum 86 km
Bruntingthorpe Air Museum 97 km
Cannon Hall 122 km
National Coal Mining Museum For England 128 km
Newark Showground 128 km
National Railway Museum 175 km

Ironbridge/Buildwas Power Station 1.2 km
Coalbrookdale 2.4 km
Farley Quarry 3 km
Arlescott 3.5 km
Shadwell Quarry 3.8 km
Woodside 3.9 km
Abraham Derby Academy 4.1 km
Willey Park 5.5 km
Shirlett High Park 6.1 km
Shropshire Hills AONB 27 km

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