St Dogmaels
St Dogmaels is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, on the estuary of the River Teifi, a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring Cardiganshire. A little to the west of the village, further along the estuary, lies Poppit Sands beach.
The village contains the remains of a 12th-century Tironian abbey, which was in its day one of the richer monastic institutions in Wales. Adjacent to the abbey ruins lies the Anglican St Thomas parish church, which appears successively to have occupied at least three sites close to or within the abbey buildings The present building is a respectable minor Victorian edifice and contains as the Ogam Sagranus stone. St Dogmael's was once a marcher borough. George Owen, in 1603, described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve.[1]
In 2006 the village won the Wales Calor Village of the Year competition after beating Trefriw in the final.[2]
St Dogmaels is twinned with the village of Trédarzec in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
The Abbey Shakespeare Plays
Plays by Shakespeare are performed annually in the abbey in the summer months. Some of the actors are from the local area, others come from all over Great Britain and return regularly.
References
- ↑ Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
- ↑ Calor Village of the Year
Outside links
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- Location map: 52°4’51"N, 4°40’43"W
- www.stdogmaels.org Village website for St Dogmaels, including an up to date 'what's on' calendar
- abbeyshakespeare.co.uk : The website of the Abbey Shakespeare Players
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of St. Dogmaels and surrounding area
- photos of St.Dogmael's and information
- Poppit Sands Beach St.Dogmael's and information
- A circular walk and map round St.Dogmael's
- St. Dogmael's Homepage