Gateway Gardens Trust:Haverfordwest Priory

Haverfordwest Priory, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

From A40 follow signs to town centre. After river bridge, first left is Quay Street, Priory is 1/2 mile down on the left. No parking at site.

13th century Augustinian priory with 15th century additions. Extensive excavations of the priory revealed that it had gardens in the cloister and in the area between the buildings and the river. The latter, added in the mid- 15th century, is significant as a rare example of the kind of garden often shown in mediaeval manuscripts, laid out in a grid of narrow raised beds with narrow paths between. The beds have been replanted with simple plants appropriate to the period.

Dyma briordy Awstinaidd o’r 13eg ganrif gydag ychwanegiadau o’r 15ed ganrif. Dangosodd waith cloddio helaeth yn y priordy bod ganddo erddi yn y cloestr ac yn y rhan rhwng yr adeiladau a’r afon. Ychwanegwyd yr ardd rhwng yr adeiladau a’r afon yn y 15ed ganrif. Mae’n arwyddocaol gan ei fod yn enghraifft prin o’r math o ardd a ddisgrifir yn aml mewn llawysgrifau canoloesol. Fe’i lleolwyd mewn grid o welyau cul wedi eu codi, gyda llwybrau cul yn plethu rhyngddynt. Ailblannwyd y gerddi gyda phlanhigion syml a fyddai wedi bod yn briodol i’r cyfnod.

Open daily throughout the year.

Admission:
Free