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St Quentin's Castle, Llanblethian

St Quintins Castle (also known as St Quentins Castle and Llanblethian Castle) is a castle located in the village of Llanblethian, Cowbridge, Wales under the care of Cadw…

St Winifred's Chapel

A holy well and chapel dating to the early sixteenth century, though the site was a place of pilgrimage from at least 1115…

Strata Florida Abbey

Strata Florida Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Ystrad Fflur) ( pronunciation (help·info) is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The abbey was originally founded in 1164. The name Strata Florida is a corruption of the Welsh Ystrad Fflur, meaning Valley of (the river of) Flowers. Ystrad corrupts into Strata, while Fflur (flowers) is the name of the nearby river. After the region around St. David’s was firmly occupied by the Norman Marcher lordship of Pembroke by the early 12th century, with St. David’s firmly under Norman influence thereafter, the princely Dinefwr family of Deheubarth transferred their patronage to Strata Florida, interring many of their family members there…

Swansea Castle

Swansea Castle was founded by Henry de Beaumont in 1106 as the caput of the lordship of Gower, in Swansea, Wales…

TÅ· Mawr Standing Stone

Isolated standing stone some 9 feet (2.7m) tall, probably of Bronze Age date…

TÅ· Newydd Burial Chamber

Neolithic chambered tomb. The capstone may have been much larger and the whole monument covered by a round cairn…

Talley Abbey

Talley Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Talyllychau) is a former monastery of the Premonstratensians ("White Canons") in the village of Talley in Carmarthenshire, Wales, six miles (10 km) north of the market town of Llandeilo. It lies in the River Cothi valley. Access to the site of the abbey…

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber

Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber (Welsh: Siambr Gladdu Tinkinswood), also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic burial chamber, built around 6,000 BP (before present), during the Neolithic period, in the Vale of Glamorgan, near…

Tintern Abbey

An area of outstanding beauty complemented by this outstanding beauty in stone. If only the walls could talk! The chants of countless monks echo through the masonry here. Despite the shell of this grand structure being open to the skies, it remains the best-preserved medieval abbey in Wales. Although the abbey church was rebuilt under the patronage of Roger Bigod, lord of nearby Chepstow Castle, in the late 13th century, the monastery retains its original design…

Trefignath Burial Chamber

Neolithic chambered tomb constructed in three separate phases, around 3750-2250 B.C…