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Dungiven Priory, Northern Ireland
Notes towards a dissertation by Gretta Logue of Queen's University, Belfast. Location plan.

Fountains Abbey
Britain's largest monastic ruin and most complete Cistercian abbey is a World Heritage site. Photographs, outline history and visitor information from the National Trust.

Glastonbury Abbey
Official web-site, stronger on myth and legend than proven historical fact.

St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester
Reconstruction, photograph and history by David Nash Ford from Britannia Internet Magazine.

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk
Photographs and outline history from a family that likes to visit historic sites.

Buckfast Abbey, Devon
The official site includes an illustrated history of the medieval monastery refounded in 1882. Sensitive map of the site leads to descriptions of the buildings.

Farnborough Abbey
The official site provides a history and interactive Virtual Reality tour of this monastery built by the Empress Eugenie to house the tomb of Napoleon III (d.1873).

Lindisfarne: A Brief History and Virtual Tour
Dr Deborah Vess, Georgia State University, recounts her own spiritual journey to Holy Island as well as the island's history. Includes a pictorial tour of the priory ruins.

Bardney Abbey
An illustrated to the history and remains of this Benedictine abbey from The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, including ground plan and artist's reconstruction.

Barlings Abbey
An illustrated guide to the history and remains of this Premonstratensian abbey from The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, including ground plan and artist's reconstruction.