Margam Abbey
Margam Abbey | ||
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St Mary's Abbey Church, Margam | ||
Abaty Margam | ||
Style Romanesque | | |
Administration | ||
Province | Wales | |
Diocese | Llandaff | |
Archdeaconry | Margam |
Margam Abbey (
.History
The
The
Sir John Buchanan-Jardine (third baronet Buchanan-Jardine) recounts a tradition that Margam Abbey kept a pack of hunting hounds donated to them by a continental Abbey (which he takes to be the Abbey of Saint-Hubert).[4]
The abbey was
Today
Margam Abbey now consists of the intact nave and surrounding ruins. Those ruins not belonging to the church are now owned by the County Council. These remains, including the twelve-sided
On a hill overlooking the abbey stand the ruins of an outlying monastery building, Capel Mair ar y Bryn ("the chapel of St Mary on the hill"). The purpose of this building is thought to have been to allow members of the monastic community who were engaged in the keeping of flocks to fulfil their devotional obligations without having to return to the main church.
Tree of the Year 2020
In 2020, a beech tree located in the ruins of Margam Abbey was voted Tree of the Year in Wales.[9]
The 'Chapter House Tree' won an online vote conducted by the Welsh Woodland Trust, beating other trees such as the Monmouth Catalpa Tree and the Chirk Castle Sweet Chestnut.[9] It was awarded £1000 as a prize, and received 1118 votes.[10]
See also
- Margam Country Park
- Margam Stones Museum
- List of monastic houses in Wales
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Neath Port Talbot
Photos
- Original Abbey Complex:[1]
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Margam Abbey
Notes
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ Luard, Henry Richards (1864). Annales monastici. PIMS - University of Toronto. London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green.
- ^ "British Library". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Buchanan-Jardine, J. (1937), Hounds of the World.
- ^ Blagdon-Gamlen, P. E., ed. (1973) The Church Travellers Directory. London: Church Literature Association; p. 86
- ^ "St Mary's Abbey Church, Margam". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Ruins of Chapter House and Vestibule of St Mary's Abbey, Margam". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Ruined Undercroft at St Mary's Abbey, Margam". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Wales Tree of the Year: Margam Abbey's Chapter House beech wins". BBC News. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Margam Park's historic beech is crowned Wales Tree of the Year". South Wales Guardian. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
References
- A History of Margam Abbey, Walter de Gray Birch, Bedford Press, 1897
- Bernard de Clairvaux, Sermons sur le Cantique Tome I (Sermons 1–15); introduction,traduction et notes par Paul VERDEYEN, s.j. et Raffaele FASSETT, o.c.s.o., 1996 (Sources Chrétiennes, no. 414), p. 55.