Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross at Croes Lwyd
Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade I listed building in Raglan, Monmouthshire, designated on 31 January 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade I
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2001
- Locality
- Raglan
- Town
- Raglan
- Community
- Raglan
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75839, -2.86994
- Cadw reference
- 24716
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)
- 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)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on S side of Broom Lane about 400m E of Broom House, at the bottom of the garden at Whitecross Cottage.
History
Monolith shaft and head of a medieval preaching cross. The cross was situated on the former boundary of the C15 Lordship of Raglan and is specifically mentioned in the grant of the Lordship to William Herbert in 1465.
Exterior
Stone cross and top of octagonal shaft hewn from a single piece of stone. The top of the shaft has a very plain flat capital and the head has raised Greek cross and raised border to rough 8-sided head, the diagonal sides concave-curved.
Reason for designation
Included as a very rare survival of a medieval boundary marker.
Scheduled Ancient Monument MM156.
Nearby in the register
- Cross on Croes Lwyd FarmCrossunder 1 mi
- Broom HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Agricultural labourers cottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Raglan Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.