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Strata Florida

 CountyCeredigion (3 castles)  Categories
 RemainsSmall amount survives AccessOnly open at certain times
 Location52.2751,-3.839375 DirectionsDirections via Google Maps
 County
Ceredigion (3 castles) 
 Categories
 Remains
Small amount survives
 Access
Only open at certain times
 Location
52.2751,-3.839375
 Directions
Directions via Google Maps
ruined Cistercian abbey near Pontrhydfendigaid. Building work started in around 1180.

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1164
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Foundation of Strata Florida Abbey

This Cistercian abbey was founded by Robert fitz Stephen, a Norman. Monks were sent from the Cistercian abbey at Whitland to populate the new monastery.

1186
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Aberconwy Abbey founded

A Cistercian Abbey was founded by monks from Strata Florida in Wales in Conwy.

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Selection of references used:

  • 1. Jasper Ridley, The History of England, 1981, ISBN:0-7100-0794-9
  • 2. Various, The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, 1998, ISBN:0-7134-8392-X

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