01-06-2016 01:01 via theguardian.com

Rievaulx Abbey riches from dissolution come to light in new museum

Artefacts from Cistercian jewel in Yorkshire displayed for first time since being buried in building collapse 500 years ago Some of the loot missed by the salvage men who stripped one of the most important and beautiful abbeys in Britain, when Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries, is going on display for the first time in a new museum at Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire.The artefacts include a beautiful carved stone doorway, reconstructed for the first time since it was buried in a h
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