In the dry this time! Some of the carvings & mosaics found around the Abbey.
Rievaulx was built by the Cistercian monks, who in their day were a very influential group. They controlled lands & properties over much of England and Europe.
They were very active traders, which is how they gained the wealth to fund their buildings (as well as 'accepting donations' from landowners in return for a guaranteed place in Heaven) .
Probably the forerunners to the old 'African Prince in excile who needs your bank details to release his £billions' trick....
I can also exclusively report that the ongoing experiment to chart deterioration of a medieval fire over the centuries, shows no noticeable difference over the last 2 months.
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