Luke Jerram commissioned a new choral musical piece by Stanton Delaplane to play in the space. Listen to this here..
History of Moon Viewing at Tintern
This isn’t the first time the moon has drawn visitors to the Abbey from far and wide. After the Wye Valley railway opened in 1876 Tintern Abbey became a very fashionable destination, especially to see the harvest moon, rising through the Abbey’s rose window. It was a spectacle that attracted thousands of visitors in the 1880s.
