Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Remains of Churchyard Cross
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bedwas, Caerphilly, Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, designated on 23 November 1961.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 23 November 1961
- Locality
- Bedwas
- Town
- Caerphilly
- Community
- Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.59543, -3.19804
- Cadw reference
- 21304
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the S side of the Church of St Barrwg, to the E of the porch.
History
Remains of medieval churchyard cross, the ball flower ornament suggesting an early C14 date.
Exterior
Stump of cross shaft with eroded broach stops, approximately 0.4m high, on a small octagonal 2-tier base. The tiers are moulded and corbelled. The underside of the top tier bears a ball-flower frieze, much eroded.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of the base of a medieval preaching cross, the form of the plinth being unusual. Group value with the Church of St. Barrwg.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Mon143.
Nearby in the register
- Bedwas Churchyard CrossCrossunder 1 mi
- Church of St BarrwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Railed monument of Price family in churchyard at SE corner of St Barrwg's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.