Lots of early medieval stonework came to light when the abbey was excavated in the 1960s.

Now, in the bowels of the abbey you can delve into the site’s Early Medieval origins.

In these vaults you’ll see a forgotten repository of Carolingian art, in the form of carved capitals and the imposts that would have been above them.

The exhibition down here also has a model of the abbey as it would have been in the 9th century.