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Remains | Not complete but much survives | Access | Only open at certain times |
Location | 51.69499,-2.678504 (Google Maps) ///belonging.rant.shrub | Directions | Directions via Google Maps |
County |
Categories |
Remains |
Not complete but much survives |
Access |
Only open at certain times |
Location |
51.69499,-2.678504 ///belonging.rant.shrub |
Directions |
Directions via Google Maps |
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Cistercian Abbey Locations
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1131
May 9
The second Cistercian abbey in Britain and the first in Wales was founded by the Lord of Chepstow, Walter de Clare. The buildings were constructed on the Welsh side of the Wye River that forms part of the border between England and Wales.
1139
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A Cistercian abbey was founded by monks from Tintern Abbey. The location of the abbey altered several times in the first few years, but finally settled at Kingswood in Gloucestershire. A sixteenth-century gatehouse is all that remains. ¹
1170
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The Gloucestershire abbey was moved back to Kingswood and populated by monks from Tintern. ¹
3D Virtual Reconstructions
Transport yourself back up to a thousand years and explore historical buildings as they may have appeared in the past. Built using the popular game development tool Unity 3D, these reconstructions will run in the most of the popular web browsers on your desktop or laptop computer.
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Explore all four floors of the White Tower at the Tower of London using the Unity 3d game engine.
A Medieval Mystery
There appear to be some strange connections between the fourteenth century Old Wardour Castle and ancient stone circle Stonehenge.
1: Location
Old Wardour Castle appears to be aligned to ancient sites in the Stonehenge landscape.
2: Alignment
Stonehenge is aligned to the Summer Solstice. Old Wardour has a very similar alignment.
3: Size
Could the builders of Old Wardour used mesaurements from Stonehenge to layout the geometrical keep?
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