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Chapel Farm, Abercarn (Trefcarn Grange Chapel)

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00127g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Abercarn
Unitary authority : Caerphilly
NGR : ST21599384
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Chapel

Summary :
The old chapel has been converted to a farmhouse; but its name is preserved in Chapel Farm & Chapel Bridge Station.

Description :
The old chapel has been converted to a farmhouse; but its name is preserved in Chapel Farm & Chapel Bridge Station. (Source 01/02)
The tradition that there was a monastery here is supported by the name of the farm and various other factors, including the name of the bridge nearby (Pont y Mynachlawg[?]) and that in the 10th century, property which is believed to be now known as Church Farm was presented to the Brishopric of Llandaff ' mfor ever'. Furthermore, until recent times, Church Farm was administered by the Ecclesiatical Commissioners. Not many years ago building operations took place in the vicinity and some skeletons (PRN 130g) were unearthed. (Source 01/05)
A barn (PRN 128g) on the W side of the farm may incorporate remains of a chapel. The walls are of stone rubble 3.0m high and 1.0m thick (Source 01)
Quoted by Brook (1988, 79) as a chapel of Llantarnam Abbey which may be early.
See 132g for a less convincing identification (Rees's map of Wales and the Borders in the 14th century)
Evans 2003: GGAT 73 Early-Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project database

Abercarn Grange chapel was probably located at Chapel Farm (Procter 2018). Associated with Llantarnam Abbey.

Sources :
Brook, D , 1988 , The early Christian church in Gwent , Monmouthshire Antiquary : 5 : 67-84
Procter, E. , 2018 , The topographical legacy of the medieval monastery: evolving perceptions and realities of monastic landscapes in the southern Welsh Marches
04/PM Desc Text//Fox & Lord Raglan Sir C/1954/Monm.Houses/Pt3 p162
01/MM Record Card/OS//1962/ST 29 SW 8/
02/PH Desc Text///1875/Arch Camb/4th ser. Vol6. p96
03/PM Map//Rees W/1932/S.Wales & Border in 14th C/SE Sheet.
05/PM Desc Text//Pugh/Rev H/1934/Glimpses of W.Gwent/pp.19-20
Evans EM, 2003-04, GGAT 73 Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project

Events :

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Compiled date : 12-03-2004


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