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Claustral Buildings, St Clears Priory is a fragmentary range of monastic structures forming part of a medieval priory in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The priory, founded in the twelfth century as a house of Tiron monks, developed around a conventional claustral plan typical of monastic communities. The surviving claustral buildings represent the domestic and communal quarters that would have housed the canons and supported the ritual functions of the priory, though substantial portions of the original structures have been lost to time and agricultural reuse. These remains constitute important evidence for the physical layout and organisation of a medieval Welsh monastic establishment during the period when such communities dominated intellectual, spiritual, and economic life in the region.
Claustral Buildings, St Clears Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM290. View the official record →
Claustral Buildings, St Clears Priory is a fragmentary range of monastic structures forming part of a medieval priory in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM290.
Claustral Buildings, St Clears Priory dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a priory. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Claustral Buildings, St Clears Priory is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CM290.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Delacorse Uchaf Standing Stone (4.8 km), Little Mountain Round Barrow (5.1 km), Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village (5.1 km).
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