Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Cross
Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 10 November 1994
- Community
- Rhuddlan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.29058, -3.46923
- Cadw reference
- 14981
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
Approx. 10m SE of the church, immediately N of the pair of chest tombs.
Exterior
Built as a memorial to Charlotte Rowley and William Shipley Conwy in 1873, but using a medieval circular base. The cross itself is enriched with low relief scuplture, in a celtic style.
Reason for designation
Group value with the 2 chest tombs
Nearby in the register
- 1. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 2. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.