Whitland takes its name from its medieval Cistercian abbey.

The building remains habitable and contains surviving rooms from the medieval abbey, including the refectory and kitchen.

The room looked like something out of a medieval British abbey.

Some of the medieval French abbeys had very large stone dovecotes on their grounds.

I assumed that a medieval abbey had been restored, as at Holy Cross.

The most notable building in the village is undoubtedly its medieval abbey, a Grade I listed building.

It is unknown whether there are Roman remains under the medieval abbey.

The medieval abbey is still in use today, as a museum and as the seat of the provincial government.

Other notable landmarks are the two great medieval abbeys.

It is the best-preserved medieval abbey in Wales and an outstanding example of Gothic architecture.