LLANTARNAM ABBEY (CISTERCIAN)

Site Details

NPRN
307898
Map Reference
ST39SW
Grid Reference
ST31159291
Unitary (Local) Authority
Torfaen
Old County
Monmouthshire
Community
Llantarnam
Type of Site
ABBEY
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Abbey of the Blessed Virgin, Llantarnam, founded c.1175 - not neccessarily on this site - disolved 1536.
Some fabric from the abbey, or from the 16th c. house that succeeded it, is thought to be incorporated in the present house (Nprn45089).
It is possible that the nineteenth c. park about the house may have developed from a medieval park (Nprn307909).
There are ruins of a med. tithe barn (Nprn43276) to the NE of the house and the church, formerly a chapel, to the W (Nprn307297) has been assoviated with the abbey.
(sources: Os495card; ST39SW10;
Williams 1969; Long Text attached to Nprn266020)
J.Wiles 17.02.03