Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb of Daniel Gilbert in St Michael's Churchyard
Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanvihangel Crucorney, Abergavenny, Crucorney, Monmouthshire, designated on 29 January 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 29 January 1998
- Locality
- Llanvihangel Crucorney
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Crucorney
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.87960, -2.98242
- Cadw reference
- 19271
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
10m to west of the tower of the Church of St Michael.
History
The style of the tomb suggests that it was erected at or soon after the first recorded date of 1815.
Exterior
Grey limestone ashlar. Classical style chest tomb with quarter pilasters with acanthus or plume caps at the corners. The panels on the long sides have inscriptions set in a frame of horizontal tooling. The oldest inscription is to Daniel Gilbert, died 1815. Flat capstone with moulded edges.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of an early C19 chest tomb.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Tomb of Thomas Prosser in St Michael's ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Skirrid Inn, with attached barnCommercialunder 1 mi
- Barn at Pen-y-dre FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.