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WallWalkers have recently spent a week removing loose masonry and overgrown vegetation from the 900-year-old Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley in North Yorkshire - avoiding the need to encase the famous ruins in scaffolding

John Ward, English Heritage Works Superintendent, said: “The wet winters have taken their toll, with water seeping into cracks and loosening stonework. Vegetation roots have a similar effect, creating a potential hazard to visitors.
“Wallwalkers will check masonry and do some high altitude weeding. It’s a perfect solution and certainly beats erecting scaffolding for a month at such an idyllic location.”
The area immediately below the ruins was cordoned off for nearly six months for safety reasons, but was re-opened once WallWalkers had completed the work.
This was the second time WallWalkers had worked at Rievaulx. They had previously been at the Abbey in 1987, carrying out a video survey.
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