s-e-werronen:St Mary’s Abbey, YorkOnly one of the four enormous crossing piers has survived, but the
s-e-werronen:St Mary’s Abbey, YorkOnly one of the four enormous crossing piers has survived, but the stump of another one is visible in the foreground. The monastic church was shaped like a cross and probably had a tower in the middle, where the arms of the cross intersected. The piers needed to be big enough to support the weight of this tower. -- source link
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