page_title: Stephen W. Williams
section_title: Strata Marcella
hierarchical_section_title: Stephen W. Williams / Interest in archaeology and the Cistercian Order / Strata Marcella
caption_attribution_description: English: Abaty Talyllychau.
context_page_description: Stephen W Williams or Stephen Williams was a civil engineer and architect who worked mainly in Radnorshire and Breconshire, Wales. He was County Surveyor of Radnorshire from 1864–1899. He had offices at Rhayader and lived at Penralley House, Rhayader, He became a noted authority on the archaeology of the Cistercian Monasteries in Wales and undertook excavations at Strata Florida Abbey in Ceredigion, Abbey Cwm Hir in Radnorshire and Strata Marcella near Welshpool in Montgomeryshire. He was appointed High Sheriff of Radnorshire in 1899.
context_section_description: Excavations carried out for the Powysland Club in 1890 and managed to recover much of the plan of the church of the Cistercian Abbey. The finds from the excavations are now in the Powysland Museum in Welshpool
caption: Abaty Talyllychau – geograph.org.uk – 119629
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