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104: 221: 238:. In the fourteenth or fifteenth century, much of the west range was altered to provide improved accommodation for the abbot. A new wing was added for the abbot's guests. The last alteration to the church was the rebuilding of the north transept, with its elaborate fan vaulted roof. This happened in the early sixteenth century, not long before the suppression of the monastery. The lavish design indicates it may have been an individually distinct chapel, possibly built as a memorial to the founder's family, the lords of Cemais. 30: 197:. He built a mansion, probably within the abbey precinct. Large parts of the abbey complex were destroyed or altered by Bradshaw who completed his mansion in 1543. He and his descendants lived on the site for over a century. After Bradshaw's death the estate shifted between a multitude of heirs and resales, until 1934 when 229:
century, although without the intended aisles. Unusually the church lacks a west doorway, possibly because the slope of the ground becomes steeper. The square-ended sanctuary was built over a vaulted crypt, possibly a repository for relics of St Dogmael. About the middle of the thirteenth century, the
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Substantial parts of the church survive, including the western end wall, the north wall and northern transept. The crypt, beneath the former eastern two bays of the presbytery, is preserved to the springing of the vault. Fifteenth century floor tiles remain in large areas of the nave. The abbey is
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The earliest surviving remains date from the first half of the twelfth century. It seems that parts of the church were built to satisfy the immediate requirements of the monastery, but that the western part, for the use of the laity, was not finished. The nave was completed in the thirteenth
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was enlarged northwards; the cloister arcades were rebuilt in stone about the same time. The domestic quarters were extensively rebuilt at the end of the thirteenth or beginning of the fourteenth century. A new infirmary was built, followed by a
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The abbey was dissolved in 1536, along with hundreds of other houses whose annual income was less than £200. By this time, there were only eight monks and the abbot. The majority of the abbey's possessions were leased to John Bradshaw of
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Fragments of carved stonework have been collected in the infirmary, and several of the incised stones which were formerly in the parish church have been gathered against the south wall.
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It is now in ruins, but substantial parts of the abbey remain, including the western end wall, the north wall, the north
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Cilgerran Castle, St Dogmaels Abbey, Pentre Ifan burial chamber, Carreg Coetan Arthur burial chamber
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The site of the abbey is thought to have been the location of a Celtic monastery founded by
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The abbey was also known for its library. One manuscript, a 13th-century copy of
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www.geograph.co.uk : photos of St Dogmaels Abbey and surrounding area
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It is the ruins of a medieval abbey, originally founded in 1115 by the
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The Church of St Thomas and remains of St. Mary's Abbey
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Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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Abbey of St. Mary, St. Dogmaels

abbey
St Dogmaels
Pembrokeshire
Wales
River Teifi
Cardigan
Poppit Sands
Fitzmartin
Cemais
Order of Tiron
transept

Dogmael
Saint David
Robert Fitz-Martin
William Peverel
Tironensian Order
Normandy
priory
Bishop Bernard of St David's
Gruffudd ap Cynan
Owain Gwynedd
Cadwaladr
Gerald of Wales
Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury
Third Crusade
Eusebius
Historia Ecclesiastica

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