A frosty winter's day in Ripon, Yorkshire. By the River Skell rises a wonderful old romantic ruin of a grand monastery from the Medieval era, Fountains Abbey.Once inhabited by Cistercian Monks but left to crumble when Henry VIII (not my favourite king!) ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Past the weir and looking down by the River Skell into Fountains Abbey. 
In the nave and looking up the tower. 
The Monk's Cellarium lit up in an array of colours, so atmospheric and I believe it is stunning at night time to see the whole Abbey lit up. We love our historical days out and are really making the most of our National Trust passes and Fountains Abbey is probably now in our top 5 places to visit.
4 comments:
It really does look magical lit up like that, as you say it must be really something late at night. we have just got National Trust membership too so I'm looking forward to exploring places like this too, the grounds are simply stunning on this frosty day. Thank you for sharing with me on Country Kids
What an amazing place? Was it also one of the places that were used for Games of Thrones inspiration? Love your images so much I actually googled how long the drive would be from here.. only 7 hours... :) #countrykids - glad to discover your blog!
It is a beautiful place. I do know that they filmed one of the Omen films there! Ooh 7 hours, that's a bit of a trek!
Oh this looks a beautiful place to visit, I must put it on the list. Those swans, how lovely! #countrykids
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