Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen, Wales, UK: late C14th decorated stone screen of the book cupboard set into wall of the chapter house in the E range.

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Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen, Wales, UK: late C14th decorated stone screen of the book cupboard set into the wall of the chapter house in the E range of the cloister. Beam holes above the screen held braces for the lean-to roof of the cloister arcade. The cloister walkways provided places for the monks to exercise & study. Abbey founded 12 January 1201 by Madoc ap Gruffydd Maelor the ruler of Powys with 13 Cistercian monks & several lay-brothers from the abbey of Strata Marcella near Welshpool. Named Valle Crucis (Valley of the Cross) after the C9th Eliseg's Pillar a little to the north.

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Size: 3779px × 4961px
Location: Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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