Overview
The Ark, Tintern is recorded as Chapel in Wales Monmouthshire. The saved evidence fixes its identity and place while keeping unknown founders, people, damage and changes open. Its saved wording adds: The National Monuments Record of Wales records The Ark, Tintern as Chapel from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Foundation and growth
The record identifies The Ark, Tintern as Chapel. It assigns the place to Post Medieval, but does not safely name a founder or establish every rebuilding date.
People and events
No complete list of clergy, worshippers, patrons, burials or local events is provided by the short saved wording. Famous people are not attached without evidence for this exact place.
Damage, loss and survival
The place remains recorded as Chapel, but the saved wording does not give a complete account of fire, abandonment, reform, demolition, restoration or what fabric survives.
Why it mattered
The Ark, Tintern preserves part of the area's religious, community or commemorative history. Its named source and place allow the local story to be developed without inventing dates or legends.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Tintern Bible Christian Chapel, Tinternmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Brick Cottagemonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Old Bakery, Glyn Road, Tinternmonument0.1 miles
- Chapel Cottage, Chapel Lanemonument0.2 miles
- Tintern Wireworksmonument0.2 miles
- Old Saw Millsmonument0.2 miles
- Old Saw Mill, Tinternmonument0.2 miles
- Old School House, Chapel Hillmonument0.3 miles
- Chapel Hill Schoolmonument0.3 miles
- Picnic Tablesviewpoint0.3 miles
- Abbey Tintern Furnace;Forge Mill;Lower Forge; Abbey Forge, Tinternmonument0.3 miles
- The Bay;Cottage at The Bay, Tinternmonument0.3 miles
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