Sorcha Lewis is on the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) Steering Group for Wales, Sorcha and Brian Lewis are third-generation tenant farmers in the Elan Valley. They manage the farm with nature in mind, creating habitats to benefit nature as well as the farm business and over the last 10 years have developed the productivity …
Although this field trip is now full, if you contact Jackie at cwmhirabbey@gmail.com she will add you to the waiting list.
Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust offers tours of the abbey remains and the village. A public tour is available each autumn – please look at our events page for the relevant date. The Trust also runs bespoke tours for interested groups, such as local community groups, heritage groups and those walking The Pilgrimage from Strata Florida …
For more information about CPAT’s survey of the Abbey Cwmhir remains see Rees S. Jones N. W. and Silvester R. Conservation and investigation at Cwmhir Abbey, Powys. Arch. Cam. Vol 154 (2005) and Jones N. W. Abbey Cwmhir: Survey of the Ruins. CPAT Report 225.2 (2000)
“A construction of quite astonishing conception” ” The prime candidate for the culmination of early Gothic developments in the Cistercian churches of Wales is the nave at Cwmhir” Reference: David Robinson “The Cistercian in Wales” (2006 Society of Antiquaries) Luckily, as a result of Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries (Cwmhir: 2nd March 1537), five …
The Exhibits Activity pamphlets for children Hunt the Mason Marks in the Ruins Route descriptions for Community Heritage Walks A free Quick Tour Guide of the Abbey is available as a leaflet to take with you from the leaflet stand in the Exhibition Room at Home Farm, Abbeycwmhir. Activity pamphlets …
Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust hosts an annual memorial service to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd on Sunday 11th December at 1.00pm. All are welcome to attend. The service is held in the Abbey ruins so please come prepared to be outside, with suitable clothes and boots. Parking is available either at Home Farm or Philips Hall. …
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