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Wales
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Cymru
Cistercian
Clairvaux
Cymer Abbey
Cwmhir Abbey


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Cymer Abbey

Cymer Abbey
Cymer Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey that was founded in 1198 as a daughter monastery of Cwmhir Abbey and thus belonged to the filiation of the primary abbey of Clairvaux. The Welsh favoured the cistercians because of their independence from the Anglo-Norman nobility and their expertise in taming wild wilderness. Though Cymer Abbey remained small and insignificant. It operated a stud farm. In 1388 there were only five monks left in the abbey.

Only ruins of the abbey remain.

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