Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard wall at the Church of St Michael
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd, designated on 10 April 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 10 April 2000
- Locality
- Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
- Community
- Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.66092, -3.96583
- Cadw reference
- 23212
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 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The church of St Michael stands near the head of the Dysynni valley, in the middle of the graveyard which is encircled by the wall.
History
The llan of Llanfihangel is of Celtic or early Christian origin, and the present medieval church is surrounded by a bank and ditch, with the wall inserted at a later date, probably after the building of the C17-C18 lychgate.
Exterior
The wall is built of small boulders, and is capped by rough horizontally laid slabs of slate. It is very approximately 1.5m high externally, 70 cm internally, and is 65cm thick although varies with the ground along the circuit. The lych gate is of different build. A small section of rebuilding exists in the SE quadrant.
Reason for designation
Included as a churchyard wall defining a classic oval churchyard, and as part of the context of the church and lychgate. Of group value with the cottage at the E end.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Graveyard monument at the Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to the Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cottage E of the Church of St MichaelDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.