Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust

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More information can be found on our website www.abbeycwmhir.org

The Trust's aims are that present and future generations will know about the historical and cultural importance of Cwmhir Abbey through the provision of information, events and research.

14/10/2026

UPDATE 2 NOVEMBER 2026 - EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

We are so sorry to inform you that, sadly, Richard Suggett is unable to give his talk on November 12th due to unforeseen family circumstances.

This has been a very popular subject, and we were all looking forward to it next week.

We very much hope that Richard will be able to give his talk in the New Year, but at this stage we are not able to give you a new date.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

27/09/2026

If you have ever wanted to know more about the ruins and village of Abbeycwmhir, now is your chance. Julian Lovell, Trustee of Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust will lead a talk this coming Saturday 3rd October at 2.30. Meet at Home Farm, Abbeycwmhir, LD1 6PH. Wear suitable footwear and be prepared for any weather ! Please let us know if you would like to attend by emailing [email protected]
More information can be found on our website https://abbeycwmhir.org/events/tour-of-abbey-and-village/

20/09/2026

Free Tour of Abbeycwmhir Village and Abbey Grounds - Saturday 3rd October, 2.30pm
Julian Lovell, Trustee of Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust will lead a tour lasting approximately 90 mins
Meet at Home Farm, Abbeycwmhir LD1 6PH
Please email [email protected] if you are attending
More information can be found on our website https://abbeycwmhir.org/events/tour-of-abbey-and-village/

06/08/2026

From Trysor Archaeologists:
Day 12 - and the final day - of the Cwmffwrn 2026 dig with the Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust.
Well, it’s a wrap! We’ve had 12 days of great weather, great teamwork and great archaeology. Now we have to go away to analyse the findings and prepare the final report. There’s a mountain of pottery to be sorted, research to be done, plans to be drawn up and we will spend the rest of summer anticipating the results of the OSL dating being undertaken by the University of Gloucestershire, made possible by a grant from the Medieval Settlement Research Group. We are so grateful to our welcoming hosts at Cwmffwrn Farm, the hard-working members of ACHT, as well as to the participants, trainees and donors who have made it possible for us to be here again this year. All being well, the team will be back at Cwmffwrn in 2027 for a new challenge!
Remember, there’s still time to contribute to the ACHT fundraiser to help pay for specialist analyses on the finds from our dig! We, Trysor, have donated two weeks of our time to the project to mark our contribution to the 2026 Festival of Archaeology and ACHT have met the running costs of the dig.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/cwmffwrn-dig-2026

27/07/2026

Day 1 of week two on site at Cwmffwrn Farm nr Abbeycwmhir

26/07/2026

The first week of the Cwmffwrn 2026 dig has gone well. We’ve had over 30 participants join us and have seen excellent progress.

During Week 2, we will be exploring important areas of the platform house. The central area is still stone covered, and we think it may be where the hearth was located, as well as a central internal wall that may have separated the house from the byre. We’ll also be digging into the end of the platform to reveal the original land surface it was built on - something we need to achieve to enable the OSL Dating to be undertaken mid-week.

We know that we will need a specialist pottery report, given the increasing number of medieval and early post-medieval sherds now filling our finds trays! And we anticipate that we will need a radiocarbon date from the lower layers of the hearth we expect to reveal.

Our crowdfunder is still open, and we ask kindly for further support to help us achieve these aims. Trysor are donating most of their time on site this year, with other costs being met by the participants paying for experience days or trainee weeks.

Every donation helps us get closer to understanding this important and intriguing settlement site and to be able to tell its story.

Aim: To fund specialist services including radiocarbon dating and pottery analysis relating to the archaeological excavation of an earthwor

19/07/2026

2nd day excavating at Cwmffwrn today and slightly cooler. More finds of pottery not sure of age yet.
We now only have two places left this Friday
To book this experience day click here https://abbeycwmhir.org/events/excavation-2026/

18/07/2026

And we’re off - first day excavating at Cwmffwrn today.
Still places left on Thursday and Friday

https://abbeycwmhir.org/events/excavation-2026/

18/07/2026

And we are off! First day at Cwmffwrn Farm today working on the lower platform. There is still space on Thursday and Friday
To book https://abbeycwmhir.org/events/excavation-2026/

18/07/2026

And we’re off! Two of our participants starting to work the lower platform at Cwmffwrn Farm. Still availability for Thursday and Friday www.abbeycwmhir.com.

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Llandrindod Wells
LD16PH

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https://abbeycwmhir.org/

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