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St Mary's Abbey (aka Margam Abbey) is a former Cistercian monastery at Margam, Glamorgan. The abbey was founded in 1147 as a daughter house of Clairvaux by Robert, Earl of Gloucester. The abbey was dissolved in 1536 and sold to Sir Rice Mansel. In the 19th century his descendent, C R M Talbot, constructed Margam Castle which overlooks the abbey ruins. Most of the nave of the 12th-century abbey church survives and is now St Mary's Abbey parish church. The site is within the council area of Neath Port Talbot.
CADW Grade I Listed 14148.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Glamorgan
Lat, Long: 51.562505,-3.729177
Grid Reference: SS 8023 8626
Community (Civil Parish): Margam C
Council Area: Neath Port Talbot CA
Police Area: South Wales PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: 320376
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/St_Mary's_Abbey,_Glamorgan_320376
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CADW Grade I Listed 14148.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Glamorgan
Lat, Long: 51.562505,-3.729177
Grid Reference: SS 8023 8626
Community (Civil Parish): Margam C
Council Area: Neath Port Talbot CA
Police Area: South Wales PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: 320376
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/St_Mary's_Abbey,_Glamorgan_320376
Peruse Glamorgan on Wikishire