Cwmhir Abbey
| Cwmhir Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Abbey ruins |
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| location |
 United Kingdom of Wales
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| Coordinates: | 52 ° 19 '47 " N , 3 ° 23' 15" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
183 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1143 or 1176 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1537 |
| Mother monastery | Whitland Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
Cymer Abbey (1198) |
Cwmhir Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Cwm Hir) is a former Cistercian abbey about 10 km north of Llandrinddod Wells in Powys in Wales .
history
According to uncertain information, the monastery is said to have been founded in Ty-faenor around 2 km east of its later location in 1143 and re-founded in 1176 in Cwmhir in a remote location of Cadwallon ap Madog of Maelienydd, but this connection is doubted. In any case, the monastery was a subsidiary of Whitland Abbey and thus belonged to the filiation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In 1231 the abbot was punished for helping Llywelyn from Iorwerth to destroy the English forces at Hay-on-Wye . In 1282 the last native prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , was buried in the abbey. Construction of the church began in the early 13th century, but only the nave and the west walls of the transept were built. During the uprising of Owain Glyndŵr in 1401 the monastery suffered great damage. In the 15th century the monastery, which in 1535 only had three monks, became impoverished. In 1537 it was withdrawn from the crown. The monastery property came to the Fowler family, who built a mansion there, but could not prevent the storm and destruction in 1644. The small remains of the church were excavated in the late 19th century.
Buildings and plant
The 13th century church replaced an earlier cruciform church. The nave was unusually long with 14 bays. There are no more substantial remains of the closed buildings in the south. Five bays of the nave arcade in the Early English style were rebuilt in 1542 in the church of Llanidloes .
literature
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 132-133.