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Strata Florida Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the mid-twelfth century in the valley of the River Teifi in Ceredigion, Wales, serving as one of the most important religious houses in medieval Wales. The abbey was established around 1164 and became a centre of considerable spiritual and temporal power, accumulating substantial landholdings across south Wales and developing a scriptorium of scholarly repute. The surviving ruins, though fragmentary, include elements of the abbey church and cloister buildings constructed in the Gothic style, with the notable survival of a decorated medieval tile pavement and the elaborate west doorway of the church. The site functioned as a significant burial place for Welsh nobility and gentry throughout the medieval period, reflecting its importance as a religious and cultural institution until its dissolution in the sixteenth century.
Strata Florida Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD001. View the official record →
Strata Florida Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the mid-twelfth century in the valley of the River Teifi in Ceredigion, Wales, serving as one of the most important religious houses in medieval Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD001.
Strata Florida 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.
Strata Florida 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 CD001.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Fflur Round Cairn Cemetery (3.4 km), Garn Gron Round Cairn Cemetery (4.7 km), Y Garn Round Cairn (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Strata Florida 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.
Strata Florida Abbey stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.