The discovery at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, has provided a "missing link" in the history of the Cistercian community that worshipped and worked there. Ground-penetrating radar revealed two large ...

In his definitive book on Yorkshire’s ruined abbeys the 19th century historian W. C. Leroy described Fountains as “the crown and the glory” of English monastic houses. However, but for a dispute ...

Multimillion-pound plans to improve a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire have been submitted. The £3.5m proposals for the Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal estate, near Ripon, would focus on ...

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the ...

The Green Man was originally carved and fitted to cover up a crack in one of the arched windows on the outside of Fountains Abbey. The statue itself is a man's head, with vines flowing out of his ...

Aled Jones is at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire the largest Monastic ruins in the UK, to investigate its hidden treasures, including some remarkable new evidence about the community of monks and lay ...

A giant sculpture inspired by the sun is to go on display at a ruined monastery in North Yorkshire ... well as Fountains Abbey, will be displayed at locations run by the charity in England ...

The annual Boxing Day pilgrimage from Ripon Cathedral to Fountains Abbey attracted several hundred people who took part in the four-mile walk between the two major religious sites. With the sun ...