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Remains of Cloister
Tavistock, Devon
Grid ref: SX 4813 7438 Find this on the Map Reference Finder
On walking routes: Abbot's Way, West Devon Way
A small part of the south wall of the nave of the Abbey Church at Tavistock and part of the inner wall of the west claustral range survives as Grade I Listed standing masonry remains. From these fragmentary remains and from William of Worcester's measurements of 1478, the abbey church can be estimated to have been 67 metres in length.
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Scorhill stone circle. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“throughout the winter it is quite a different thing ; in the darkness, fog, and often snow, there is not much to admire in the files of spectral convicts marching across the yards into Chapel.”
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