Recreated arcade (foreground) in the cloister with 'laver' (washing) facility behind in the arcade wall of ruined Rievaulx Cistercian Abbey

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The reconstructed arcade (foreground) in the cloister with 'laver' (washing) facility behind in the arcade wall

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Size: 8192px × 5464px
Location: Rievaulx Helmsley Yorkshire England UK
Photo credit: © wyrdlight / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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