The village of Monknash gained its name when Neath Abbey founded one of the largest monastic farms in Glamorgan here during the Twelfth Century. A wealth of ancient remains exist and Monknash was designated as a Conservation Area in August 1973 in recognition of its outstanding architectural and historic content.

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The magnificent dovecot, or columbarium, is particularly well preserved, while the 64-metre long barn is one the biggest monastic barns in Britain.

The historic Plough and Harrow Inn has been a hostelry for over 500 years and has changed little in all that time. Many original features indicate its fourteenth-century origins, including the ceiling beams that were salvaged from unlucky vessels wrecked on the local beaches. The pubs name is particularly apt considering the intense agricultural activity that has been carried out in the area.

St. Mary Magdalene Church

The Grade 2 listed village Church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is of early 12th century foundation, and has been much restored, with the architecture displaying a number of influences. The Parish registers date back to 1754, and local legend maintaining that the roof-beams came from wrecked Spanish Armada ships.

Monknash beach requires a little effort to visit. It is a fine beach with a dramatic backdrop of high cliffs, reached by a picturesque walk along a tree-lined path through the wooded Blaen-Y-Cwm, which follows Nash Brook to the sea.

Mae’r enw Monknash yn dod o’r mynachod a oedd yn byw a gweithio ar fferm mynachaidd yma yn ystod y 12fed ganrif. Mae llawer o olion hynafol wedi goroesi ac mae’r ardal wedi bod yn ardal gadwraeth ers Awst 1973 oherwydd cynnwys pensaerniol a hanesyddol. Cliciwch y linc am fwy o wybodaeth:

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Mae colomendy gwreiddiol mewn cyflwr ardderchog yn y pentref a beudy sy’n 64 metr o hyd- un o’r ysguboriau mynachaidd mwyaf ym Mhrydain.

Mae’r Plough a Harrow wedi bod yn dafarn ers fwy na hanner mileniwm, a dyw e ddim wedi newid llawer dros y canrifoedd. Mae llawer o nodweddion 14eg canrif i’w gweld yn y dafarn, fel y trawstiau nenfwd o longdrylliadau lleol. Mae’r enw, wrth gwrs, yn hynod o addas ar gyfer tafarn sydd yng nghalon cymuned wledig, ffermio.

Eglwys y Santes Fair

Eglwys o’r 12fed ganrif ydy hon sy wedi cael ei hatgyweirio. Mae cofrestrau’r plwyf yn mynd yn ôl i 1754 ac mae ‘na awgrymiad lleol mai o longdrylliadau yr Armada Sbaeneg mae’r trawsriau nenfwd yn dod. Mae’n cymryd tipyn bach o ymdrech i gyrraedd traeth yr As Fawr, ond mae pendant yn werthfawr. Y rhai sydd yn mynd am dro trwy goetir Blaen y Cwm yn cael eu gwobrwyo gyda thraeth pert â chefndir trawiadol o glogwynau uchel.