Furness Abbey

this doesn't do it justice, even though I got a bit of height.

The buildings are numerous and the site extensive - and their wider estates vast.

Not really poverty involved here - even though the Cistercians had been founded as one of the more austere new orders.

[narayani]

Looks a wonderful place

[Beverley]

Beautiful to see…

[Annie-Sue]

@narayani @beverley365 haven't seen it from here before - was interesting

[Babs]

It must have been impressive in its day

[Annie-Sue]

@onewing it's almost inconceivable what they achieved

[Andy Oz]

@anniesue I'd only ever imagined Cistercian monasteries to be like this (or Fountains): tall, grand, soft red sandstone. (Shows how little reading around the subject I did).

I was quite surprised to find on an island off Oslo that a bunch of Cistercians had schlepped over there and made one out of grey slate. I had no idea!

[Annie-Sue]

@plebster sounds a bit suspicious to me1 I mean, did you question them, to be sure???