The priory is the most complete Norman church in South Wales.
The building is also one of the finest examples of a fortified church building. Much of the outer defence walls remain.
It was built by William de Londres, the Norman lord of Glamorgan, and completed by 1126.
The nave of the Priory is in use as a parish church.
The eastern or monastic end contains the tombs of the de Londres family, and is in the guardianship of CADW.
A Pulpitum Screen has been installed which separates the parish church from the monastic end.
Glass artist Alexander Beleschenko, who made the Heart of Wales in the Senedd, created the screen to represent the Resurrection.
Out in the church yard stands a magnificent yew tree. It is believed that yew trees represent immortality and resurrection.
Ieuan Rees and Gordon Gostling install their second memorial stone in the graveyard. Ieuan created stones for Lewis Carroll, Laurence Olivier, and Stanley Baker at Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey.
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