Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary
Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gwaenysgor, Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, designated on 18 July 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 18 July 2001
- Locality
- Gwaenysgor
- Community
- Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.31781, -3.39000
- Cadw reference
- 25593
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandNational Library of Scotland
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
On the SW side of the churchyard.
Exterior
A tall square freestone shaft, its base obscured by vegetation, and with stop-chamfered angles. The N face is inscribed '1663 RE PE'. On the top is a depression for a square plate and gnomon, but these are now missing.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early surviving churchyard sundial shaft, and for group value with the Church of St Mary.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Ty IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow 225m E of VillageRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.