Hailes, Abbey From The East 1924
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These overgrown ruins are the remains of a Cistercian abbey that once attracted pilgrims by the thousand in medieval times. They came to a shrine that was said to contain a phial of Christ's blood. Today the area continues to attract large numbers of people, but now they are drawn by pick-your-own fruit farms.

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