Ruins of medieval abbey have eluded experts. ... Experts believe the skeletons are remains of people who were buried in the cemetery of the Abbey of the Holy Cross, also known as Woodburn.

It’s called the Forest Hill Abbey. But nuns and monks never occupied it. This abbey is actually a mausoleum, a large one with ...

A brotherhood made whole: Deceased monks return to abbey after decades in cemetery The Cistercian monks are bringing their brothers back to the abbey, all 20 of them, in reverse order of death.

Gaffney and his colleagues have explored the ruins of Fountains Abbey since 2014, often using them to train archaeological students in non-invasive mapping techniques like magnetic surveys and ...

Ahead of construction in Northern Ireland, a team of archaeologists conducted a “very complex” excavation. “Looking at the site before we started, it was clear that this was an area that ...

The discovery marks the first time physical remains of the medieval abbey have been found. Advertisement The church was built in 1326 and was partly demolished in 1558, according to historical ...