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Cymer Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the early thirteenth century in the Meirionnydd valley in North Wales. The abbey was established around 1198 and operated as a daughter house of Valle Crucis Abbey until its dissolution in 1536 as part of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. The surviving remains include the church, with notable Early English Gothic architectural features such as pointed arches and lancet windows, along with fragments of the claustral buildings. The site remains significant for its evidence of medieval monastic life and the Cistercian order's presence in medieval Wales.
Cymer Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME001. View the official record →
Cymer Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the early thirteenth century in the Meirionnydd valley in North Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME001.
Cymer Abbey dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a abbey. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cymer Abbey 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 ME001.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tyddyn-y-Coed Camp (4.6 km), Maes Coch Deserted Rural Settlement (4.7 km), Maes Coch Hut Circles (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cymer Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cymer Abbey stands on Upper Cambrian, Including Tremadoc, bedrock that formed in the Tremadocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.