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Sunday, 17 February 2013

TINTERN ABBEY



Our walk today was along a section of Offa's Dyke trail ,high up on the English side of the Wye Valley. We walked to a point  that offered views of Tintern Abbey, known as The Devils Pulpit. The abbey was built in 1131 and fell ruin in 1536.  The reason its called the devils pulpit is it's said the devil stood on the column of stone and try ed to  get the Cistercian  Monks in the abbey below, to abandon their religion       Offa's Dyke runs for 177 miles from Sedbury to Prestatyn in North Wales and was the first boundary between England and Wales 
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5 comments:

  1. TexWisGirl17 February 2013 at 09:23

    HUGE massive skeleton looming over those other buildings! yikes!

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  2. Bob Bushell17 February 2013 at 11:13

    Beautiful pictures of Tintern Abbey, it is magnificent view. But, it doesn't have a pub that serves real ale.

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  3. Joop Zand17 February 2013 at 11:18

    Very nice views Peter..... good photo's again.

    Greetings, Joop

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  4. Joke (Joke's Camera)17 February 2013 at 12:09

    Looks impressive, Peter. Great pictures. Greetings, Joke

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  5. Bas.18 February 2013 at 02:09

    wat een mooie foto,s van een hele mooie abdij het moet een heel mooi gebouw geweest zijn toen hij nog in volle glorie aanwezig mocht zijn.

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