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A gallery of images mainly of either 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 size.
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Left: a glimpse of an 18th century temple folly based on the
Temple of Fortuna in Rome. This is one of two such neo-classical follies
situated on Rievaulx Terrace, an ornamental landscape feature created in
1758. This is now in the care of the National Trust.
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Further images, including closer details, of the chancel. Below: the shadows of the foreground almost conceal the surviving base slab of the high altar. In the distance, the far less substantial remains of the early and plainly constructed nave can be seen. |
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Left and below: the east facade of the church with a closer view of a lancet window. Below: a final view of the church with the terrace beyond. |
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Sculptural fragments from the abbey |
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A bizarre trio of heads sharing only two pairs of eyes
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A windmill and a donkey; agricultural life at the monastery? |
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A beheaded religious figure upon a canopy fragment which would once have sheltered such a figure. |
Inexplicably peculiar carvings of grotesque figures. |
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