Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Cross in Churchyard of St Ellyw
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68360, -4.16156
- Cadw reference
- 11890
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 10m west of Church of St Ellyw.
Exterior
C19 cross in limestone ashlar on earlier steps and plinth, possibly medieval. Three rubble stone steps, then 2-step blue lias stone plinth, much eroded. Cross itself is short with pedestal under pyramidal cap carrying short tapering octagonal shaft with moulded cap and foliated ringed cross.
Reason for designation
Group Value
Nearby in the register
- The War Memorial in Churchyard of St EllywCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St EllywReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 24 Vaughan St / Bridge StDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llanelly HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.