Around 50 monks lived here, alongside an even larger number of lay brothers who worked at the abbey’s estates on tasks which probably included mining coal for domestic use.
A pheth arall, adeiladodd yr esgobion hefyd encilfa wledig foethus yn Llandyfái gerllaw gyda phyllau pysgod, perllannau ffrwythau, gardd lysiau a pharcdir.