Cwmhir Abbey
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Cwmhir Abbey, near Llandrindod Wells in Powys, is a Welsh Cistercian monastery founded in 1176 by Cadwallon ap Madog. A spurious tale was later recorded that the abbey was founded in 1143 by Meredudd
Ruins of Cwmhir Abbey
Owain Glyndŵr
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Owain ap Gruffudd Fychan or Owain Glyndŵr was a Welsh nobleman and military commander in the late Middle Ages who led a sixteen-year-long Welsh revolt establishing an independent Wales free from Engli
The site of Owain Glyndŵr's court at Sycharth. Only a mound remains after the building was burnt to the ground.
Rear of the Parliament House in Machynlleth
Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament at Machynlleth.
The Pennal Letter, held in the French Archives nationales