Margam Abbey -Churchyard Cemetery - Port Talbot, Wales, Great Britain
N 51° 33.766 W 003° 43.870
30U E 449317 N 5712663
The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin 1147.AD - Now consists of the intact nave and Church. The impressive surrounding churchyard cemetery, has hundreds of ancient tombs, and gravestones. located in Margam Park, South Wales.
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Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/01/2013
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The Church and Nave of Margam Abbey founded in 1147.AD remain intact and in use today. The abbey outbuilding are in ruins and remains, including the unusually large twelve-sided chapter house, dating from the 13th century, stand within Margam Country Park, next door to Margam Abbey.
A Granite Cross stands by the entrance to the Abbey at Margam
"Margam Abbey is the Parish Church of Margam, which is part of the Archdeaconry of Margam and one of the three Archdeaconries of the Diocese of Llandaff in the Church in Wales". Abbey Web site: (
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales.
The abbey was founded in 1147 as a daughter house of Clairvaux by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Early Christian crosses found in the close vicinity and conserved in the nearby Margam Stones Museum suggest the existence of an earlier Celtic monastic community. The founding abbot was William of Clairvaux. The third abbot, Conan, enjoyed the praise of Giraldus Cambrensis, whom he appears to have entertained prior to his official visit with Baldwin of Forde, Archbishop of Canterbury, to preach the Crusade in 1188. Conan (or Cunan) contributed to Patristic literature, as he is credited with the capitula or chapter-headings prefixing each section of St. Bernard's Sermons on the Song of Songs, one of the works for which that author was titled a Doctor of the Church." Text Source: (
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