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[Christa Jenneman]

Their discoveries so far have led to important clues about how the nuns lived, said Dr Bezant.

The convent was on the edge of a wetland valley floor that was drained and improved although watery places were likely to have held continuing spiritual significance to both the nuns and pilgrims, she said.

"We know the nuns farmed sheep and cattle successfully and they would have tended mills, orchards and fishponds.

"There are medieval fairs nearby at Talsarn and Llanerchaereon and they could have been trading far and wide, with coastal access only a couple of miles away at Aberaeron.

"We have already recovered fragments of sumptuous glazed floor tiles indicating that the nunnery was lavishly built and decorated."
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