Llancarfan

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Llancarfan is located several miles across the vale from Barry
Llancarfan is located several miles across the vale from Barry

Llancarfan is a rural village and community, west of Barry near Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, in south Wales. The village has a pub and a well-known church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th century abbey, famed for its learning. Saint Canice, Caradoc of Llancarfan and many other Welsh holy men studied there.[1] The spacious church, which in the later Middle Ages belonged to Gloucester Abbey, contains a stoup and interesting remains of a rood screen, now adapted as a reredos.

[edit] References

  1. ^   "Llancarvan". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

[edit] External links

  • GENUKI page
  • [www.llancarfansociety.org.uk Llancarfan Society Web Page]

Coordinates: 51°25′N, 3°22′W

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