Tintern Abbey by Star4mation

Photography • Historical • posted on May 27, 2011

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Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn) was founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, on 9 May 1131. It is situated in the village of Tintern, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire - which forms the border between Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England. It was only the second Cistercian foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales. On a musical note, the 1988 Iron Maiden video "Can I Play with Madness" was filmed here.

Comments (32)

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Dreamingbee

1:33PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

how interesting !! it looks fascinating - thx for sharing

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jayfar

1:36PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

A great shot of this beautiful ruin.

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GiMi53

1:48PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

What a beautiful & interesting historical place ! :~)

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Bossie_Boots

2:11PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

Wow incredible capture superb !!

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jimw1

2:21PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

What a great Place.... I would love to Visit...Excellent shot and Background info Steve...

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magnus073

2:36PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

This is such an amazing photo Steve, and thank you so much for providing the history of this incredible place.

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brycek

3:04PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

Fantastic capture..lovely place!!

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rocserum

3:41PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

bring back holliday memories, great photo! RS

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soffy

3:53PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

Excellent capture of this historical and beautiful place and ruin,Steve:)*****

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adrie

4:37PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

Beautiful historical photoshot my friend.

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flavia49

5:48PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

extraordinary place!

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blinkings

7:27PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

The age of this building blows my mind.

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mgtcs

8:36PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

Spectacular capture my friend a marvelous historical place, fascinating photo, thank you for sharing!

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theprojectionist

10:08PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

This brings back memories Steve,there in 96 the weather wasnt great the day i visited,top shot eh.

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sapat

2:29AM | Sat, 28 May 2011

OMG, I am so jealous. I want to live over there where all the beautiful, classical, historic stuff is. Lucky guy.. Fantastic image, gorgeous abbey.

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UteBigSmile

2:49AM | Sat, 28 May 2011

Excellent capture!

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rainbows

3:57AM | Sat, 28 May 2011

Beautiful place and capture, dear Steve. Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx

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renecyberdoc

4:03AM | Sat, 28 May 2011

you have most marvellos buildings over there klots of history i bet the stones can tell stories if you are able to listen that is.

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jif3d

9:04AM | Sat, 28 May 2011

Just like a Warhammer 40K ruin...minus the Space Marine and Orc's of course ! Nice renovators special as they say ! ~Cheers~

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A_Sunbeam

9:52AM | Sat, 28 May 2011

Been there, long ago; nice photo!

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Savage_dragon

3:56PM | Sat, 28 May 2011

What a fab shot, Steve! A lot of things are filmed in Joshua Tree. ;)

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0rest4wicked

5:46PM | Sat, 28 May 2011

Fantastic ruin!

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sandra46

6:36PM | Sat, 28 May 2011

SUPERLATIVE!!!!

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bobrgallegos

12:12AM | Sun, 29 May 2011

Excellent Photo of these awesome ruins !!!!

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hipps13

12:16AM | Sun, 29 May 2011

wonderful capture warm hugs, Linda

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jocko500

12:00PM | Mon, 30 May 2011

this is something to see for sure

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jmb007

9:50AM | Tue, 31 May 2011

belle photo!

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FitArtistSF

5:56PM | Tue, 31 May 2011

...and then the Abbey/Monastery were disbanned by Henry VIII in the 1530s after the King's break with Rome, the buildings pulled down, and the land seconded to the crown, hense the ruins....

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