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Ty'r Rostrys (Pen-rhys Uchaf) Pilgrim's Hospice or Tavern

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 04669m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Tylorstown
Unitary authority : Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
NGR : ST00299459
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Hospice

Summary :
Pilgrims' hospice associated with the St Mary's Well shrine at Penrhys

Description :
Pilgrims' hospice associated with the St Mary's Well shrine at Penrhys (Williams 201, 149)
Evans 2003: GGAT 73 Early-Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project database

The plan of a rectangular stone building, c.25.5m by 9.5m, thought to have been a chapel, subsequently used as a barn.A single fragment of stone wall remains visible.
The area has been altered by housing and road development, which is likely to have destroyed any archaeological remains. Slight indications on recent aerial photographs of other features in the area, were noted including linear banks.

Tavern for pilgrims at shrine. Later occupied by Penrhys Uchaf farmhouse, now demolished (Procter 2018). Associated with Llantarnam Abbey.


Sources :
Bowden, R. and Roberts, R. , 2012 , Monastic Sites in Glamorgan and Gwent
Procter, E. , 2018 , The topographical legacy of the medieval monastery: evolving perceptions and realities of monastic landscapes in the southern Welsh Marches
Williams, D H , 2001 , The Welsh Cistercians
Evans EM, 2003-04, GGAT 73 Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project

Events :
E003579 : Field visit to Pilgrim's Hospice at shrine to Penrhys (year : 2011)
E002119 : Assessment of Monastic Sites in Glamorgan and Gwent (year : 2012)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00578m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00937m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00624g
National Monuments Record NPRN 19669 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/19669/details/penrhys-uchaf

Compiled date : 12-03-2004


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