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| another treasure |
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| down we headed |
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| in our search for the abbey we stumbled upon this |
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| the abbey |
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| throught the entrance buildings you enter this garden area with the dovecote behind the wall and an outbuidling |
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| inside the restored church |
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| looking fron the refectory towards the ponds, on the right under the blue plastic sheeting you can see a restoration in progress |
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| herbal garden |
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| .....and here the sky as seen lying on the floor of the dovecote, pigeonholes dot the walls |
2 comments:
that slate roof looks like quilted cloth -- and the circular stonework? amazing!
Dee: what an accurate observation I hadn't thought of it that way; the dovecote was indeed absolutely amazing - and as I'm commenting backwards coming from today's post aug 10, I notice the two very different aspects: looking closed and solid from the outside and solid yet with the gaping hole up to the skies on the inside - it was like ancient and modern sculture at once, and yet it had been built for a specific purpose, 'form follows function' as one famous architect once said
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