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The ruins of Cwmhir Abbey, Radnorshire

Cwmhir Abbey

Cwmhir Abbey in Radnorshire, near Llandrindod Wells was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1176 by Cadwallon ap Madog.

A tradition later recorded is that the abbey was founded in 1143 by Meredudd ap Maelgwn at Ty-faenor, and then refounded at the present location near the village of Abbeycwmhir in 1176. (Read more)