Archaeologists just dug up the 700-year-old life-sized stone head of King Edward II in the ruins of a medieval abbey. "The quality of the carving is just absolutely stunning. You can even see the ...

Today, the town of Crowland in England has ruins from an old abbey. But local stories say long ago there was a small hut used by a guy named Guthlac that lived there alone in prayer. Guthlac died in ...

Cerne Abbey was founded in 987 but, when King Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries between 1536 and 1541, it was surrendered, plundered and demolished.

Finding chaplains on-site at a National Trust heritage property is not something visitors usually expect. But at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, in the north of England, it has become a regular ...

The legend surrounding the ruins of a medieval abbey near Crowland, England, links the henge with an Anglo-Saxon hermitage honoring Saint Guthlac. But it turns out that the site’s history runs ...

A project to protect the ruins of one of the greatest abbeys in medieval England has won support from the National Lottery. Founded in 1020, the Abbey of St Edmund once towered over Bury St ...

Luyster’s research findings underpin the exhibition “Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece,” which runs Jan. 26 to April ...

FROM bungee jumping off a viaduct to the ruins of a medieval abbey that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Whitby has been named one of the best seaside towns to visit in the winter. Travel writ… ...

An Astounding Excavation Uncovered a Medieval Village Under an Ancient Abbey The long-lost artifacts shed light on how a bygone population lived, worked, and died. By Darren Orf Published: Mar 05 ...