Buckfast Abbey, Devon
Buckfast Abbey at Buckfastleigh in Devon, with lavender beds in the foreground. The Abbey is an active Benedictine monastery, founded by Earl Aylward in the reign of King Cnut in 1018. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century the abbey stood empty and in ruins for over 200 years, but was gradually rebuilt during the 19th and 20th centuries
Picture No
10406288
Media ID
46834578
Size
2592px x 3888px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/BILL MEADOWS
Source
Photograph by Bill Meadows
Date
2009
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