Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wall of circular churchyard, St. Nidan's Church (Old Church)
Llanidan, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 January 1968
- Locality
- Llanidan
- Community
- Llanidan
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17803, -4.25346
- Cadw reference
- 19888
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Enclosing the churchyard of the Church of St. Nidan (Old Church), 20m N of Llanidan House, and c750m SE of the new Church of St. Nidan.
History
Probably C15, built when the church was extended to the N and the arcade, and possibly the S porch were added.
Exterior
Standing to a height of approximately 2 metres; built of local rubble masonry, an entrance in the N wall with dressed jambs and a voussoir arch.
Reason for designation
An early churchyard wall enclosing the circular yard within and forming a group with the Church of St. Nidan.
Nearby in the register
- St. Nidan's Church (Old Church)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Old Parish Church, LlanidanChurchunder 1 mi
- Llanidan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stables at Llanidan HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.