Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Criccin Cross
Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 16 November 1962
- Locality
- Criccin
- Community
- Rhuddlan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28259, -3.43965
- Cadw reference
- 1401
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
On the W side of the B5429 approx. 2km SE of Rhuddlan, close to Criccin Fawr Farm. The cross stands at the summit of a natural mound.
Exterior
The lower part of the shaft and broken pedestal of a cross, erected in the late C13-early C14. Limestone. Rectangular base-slab with chamfered upper edge and mutilated stops at the corners. The remains of a chamfered rectangular shaft are set into a lead-lined socket in the base slab.
Scheduled Ancient Monument: Ref. F102.
Nearby in the register
- Criccin CrossCross shaftunder 1 mi
- Criccin Fawr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tir-hwch FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn at Rhydyddauddwr FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.