Fountains Abbey postcard is from North East artist Emily Ward's beautiful range of Yorkshire art cards. This postcard has been created from original artwork by Emily.
The monastic ruins stand proud behind a colourful field filled with pink, blue and yellow dainty flowers. A soft yellow hue glistens over the grassy meadow.
Warming shades of lilac flicker through the sky that is also speckled with splashes of yellow and pink paint.
Emily's painting has a warm and relaxing feel to this art postcard.
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Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey
lies along the valley of the River Skell about two miles west of Ripon in North Yorkshire. The Abbey is one Britain’s largest and best preserved monastic ruins. Founded in 1132 by thirteen Benedictine monks from St Mary’s Abbey in York who were looking for a simpler life. They later became Cistercian monks.
Fountains Abbey gets its name from the water springs in that existed in the area.
The National Trust bought the estate from West Riding County Council in 1983.
