'Roche Abbey'

Founded in the 12th century as a monastry of the Cistercian order, Roche Abbey was once home to 50 monks and 100 lay brothers.

Despite the monastry being supressed in 1538, and most of the buildings dismantled, the soaring early Gothic transepts of this Cistercian monastery still survive to their original height and are ranked in importance with the finest early Gothic architecture in Britain. The ruins are now also the centrepiece of a beautifully designed landscape.

Captured using the Sony 'Ultra Wide Converter VCL-ECU2' - attached to the prime 16mm lens - giving an extra wide angle of 12mm..= 18mm in 35mm equivalent.