Wales

Valle Crucis Abbey, Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales

Visited in September 2022

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Valle Crucis Abbey, Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales
Rose window on the west front
West front of the Cistercian Valle Crucis Abbey. Founded in the 13th C, damaged by fire in the 13th C and rebuilt, finally closed in 1537
Passage to the cloister
Ruins of the nave
The Chapter House dates from around 1400
The Chapter House
Former door to the library for the monks (reading room)
Capitals
Details of some grave slabs exposed in the monks' dormitory. On the left, "lion rampant", probable arms of Madog ap Gruffud (died 1306).
In the monks' dormitory, what seems to be a reused grave slab