Winter sunlight on Fountains Abbey with a sprinkling of snow on the ground. The River Skell and weir in the foreground are in shadow on a late December day.

The spectacular ruins of Fountains Abbey, founded in 1132 by Cistercian monks and dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII.

A view down the length of the Lay Brother's Refectory, showing the vaulted ceiling.

Spotlights light up part of Fountains Abbey and the Cellarium at dusk.

View from the south west, showing Fountains Abbey in January, covered in snow.

At around 800 years old, Fountains Mill is the finest surviving example of a monastic watermill.

The southern end of the restored 12th-century monastic watermill at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire.

The buttressed east front of the 12th-century Fountains Mill. This monastic watermill is the finest surviving example of a building of this type.