ruined abbey (Cymer Abbey)

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Cymer Abbey is a historic Cistercian monastery near Llanelltyd in Gwynedd, Wales, now preserved as a picturesque ruined abbey and heritage site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian monastery
heritage site
ruined abbey
scheduled monument
architecturalStyle Cistercian architecture
surface form: Cistercian Gothic
associatedWith Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
completionDate early 13th century
constructionStart late 12th century
country Wales
currentCondition ruin
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary
dissolutionCause Dissolution of the Monasteries
dissolved 1536
foundedAsDaughterHouseOf Abbeycwmhir
foundedBy Gruffudd ap Cynan
Maredudd ap Cynan
foundingDate 1198
function agricultural estate centre
monastic community
religious worship
hasHeritageDesignation Grade I listed building
hasPart chapter house foundations
church ruins
cloister remains
domestic ranges
hasView Mawddach Valley
surface form: Mawddach valley
heritageDesignationAuthority Cadw
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
locatedIn Llanelltyd
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Gwynedd
locatedInRegion north-west Wales
locatedNear Dolgellau
locatedOnWatercourse Afon Mawddach
Afon Wnion
managedBy Cadw
material local stone
nearbySettlement Dolgellau
Llanelltyd
notableFeature lack of large transepts
massive nave piers
simple unaisled church plan
openToPublic yes
region Snowdonia area
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
touristAttraction yes
usedDuringConflict Welsh Wars
surface form: Welsh–English wars of the 13th century

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Llanelltyd abbeyStatus ruined abbey (Cymer Abbey)