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Whitland Abbey

10th-century establishments in Wales10th century in Wales1140 establishments in Europe12th-century establishments in Wales940
All accuracy disputesChristian monasteries established in the 12th centuryCistercian monasteries in WalesCountry houses in CarmarthenshireHistory of CarmarthenshireMonasteries dissolved under the English ReformationReligious organizations established in the 1140sRuined abbeys and monasteriesRuins in WalesSource attributionUse British English from January 2016
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Whitland Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Hendy-gwyn ar Daf or simply Y Tŷ Gwyn ar Daf; Latin: Albalanda) was a country house and Cistercian abbey in the parish of Llangan, in what was the hundred of Narberth, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The town which grew up nearby is now named Whitland after it. It was widely known as Ty Gwyn ar Daf, meaning White House on the Taf, in reference to the country house originally built here before it became a monastic settlement which was known under that name. It is most associated with being the place where Hywel Dda drew up his laws around 940. It functioned as a Cistercian monastery between the 12th and 16th centuries.

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N 51.83367 ° E -4.60189 °
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SA34 0LG , Whitland
Wales, United Kingdom
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