During the course of the Demystifying the Abbey project, a number of previously unrecorded sites of archaeological interest have been identified on land once held
The significance of manure from sheep, cattle and humans for soil fertility was well known in the medieval period. Manure could be bought, sold, borrowed
Cistercian monasteries were renowned for their sheep farming and Abbey Cwmhir, with its extensive upland land holdings, would have been no exception. Unfortunately, there are