Neath Abbey

E115782

Cistercian monastery Grade II* listed building ruined monastery scheduled monument

Neath Abbey is a historic ruined Cistercian monastery in South Wales, renowned as one of the largest and most important medieval monastic sites in the country.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Neath Abbey canonical	3
Neath Abbey village	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cistercian monastery ⓘ Grade II* listed building ⓘ ruined monastery ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ
convertedToCistercian	1147 ⓘ
country	Wales ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
dissolutionEvent	Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
dissolved	1539 ⓘ
era	medieval period ⓘ
founded	1129 ⓘ
foundedAs	Savigniac monastery ⓘ
foundedBy	Richard de Granville ⓘ Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester ⓘ surface form: Robert, Earl of Gloucester
hasNearbySettlement	Neath Abbey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neath Abbey village Skewen ⓘ
hasStructureType	abbot's lodging ⓘ chapter house ⓘ church ⓘ cloister ⓘ dormitory ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ refectory ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade II* listed building ⓘ Scheduled monument ⓘ
languageOfCommunity	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Neath ⓘ Neath Port Talbot ⓘ South Wales ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Vale of Neath ⓘ
managedBy	Cadw ⓘ
near	Neath railway station ⓘ surface form: Neath Abbey railway station River Neath ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest medieval monasteries in Wales ⓘ extensive monastic ruins ⓘ importance in medieval Welsh monasticism ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
ownedBy	Welsh Government ⓘ
periodOfUse	12th century to 16th century ⓘ
primaryFunction	religious community ⓘ
region	Glamorgan ⓘ
religiousOrder	Cistercians ⓘ surface form: Cistercian Order
secondaryFunction	agricultural estate centre ⓘ
underwent	archaeological excavations in 20th century ⓘ conservation work by Cadw ⓘ
usedAs	country house after Dissolution ⓘ industrial site in post-medieval period ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neath Port Talbot → contains → Neath Abbey ⓘ

Neath → hasLandmark → Neath Abbey ⓘ

Neath Abbey → hasNearbySettlement → Neath Abbey self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neath Abbey village

South Wales iron industry → majorCenter → Neath Abbey ⓘ