Tintern, Abbey South West 1893
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This former Cistercian abbey was founded in 1131 by Walter de la Clare. The first brothers of the establishment came directly from Normandy. The remains to be seen today actually date from the abbey's rebuilding in the course of the 13th to the 15th centuries. The abbey's primary occupation was agriculture, and it reached the apogee of its wealth and influence in the 14th century when it was reckoned the wealthiest abbey in Wales. The Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s brought the inevitable decline and subsequent neglect of its fabric. Lead from the roof was stripped (to be re-used at Raglan and Chepstow castles), and the ivy-clad ruins were later to become a focus for the romantic travellers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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