Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross in St Cadoc's Churchyard
Whitecastle, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 27 October 2000
- Locality
- Penrhos
- Town
- Raglan
- Community
- Whitecastle
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80110, -2.84824
- Cadw reference
- 24314
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In gently sloping churchyard, some 10m SE of porch of St Cadoc's Church.
History
The remains of a medieval churchyard cross, probably C15, restored in 1868.
Exterior
Medieval churchyard cross has restored steps, C15 socket stone and C19 stone cross. Square red sandstone plinth (some 3m wide) and four decreasing steps. Square socket stone broaches to an octagon, and bears on S face inscription dated 1868 in memory of Alice Feetham. Tall C19 cross has tapering octagonal shaft with corner broaches.
Reason for designation
Included as a surviving base of medieval churchyard cross having group value with St Cadoc's Church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St CadocReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box at Entrance to Penrhos ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Lych Gate in St Cadoc's ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Old Vicarage (aka The Firs)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.