Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial pillar in Tremeirchion Churchyard
Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 9 April 2002
- Locality
- Tremeirchion Village
- Community
- Tremeirchion
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.24667, -3.37604
- Cadw reference
- 26464
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Close to porch of Tremeirchion Parish Church
History
The side of the pillar bears the incised letters 'S.M. / Nantgwillim / 1748'. On the 1871 map the sundial (presumably the same pillar) was marked at a position close to the lychgate; it now stands close to the porch of the church.
The pillar is said to have been part of the Tremeirchion churchyard cross, this portion having been re-used in the C18 to carry a sundial.
Exterior
Stone shaft about 1.5 m high, with chamfered arrisses. The shaft stands in the socket of a base stone. Simple moulded capstone with recess for dial (lost).
Reason for designation
An C18 sundial pillar, of interest notwithstanding the loss of dial and gnomon; listed also for group value with the Parish Church; possibly a fragment of the Tremerchion Cross.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Corpus Christi (Holy Trinity)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate of Tremeirchion Parish ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Old School (now Village Hall)Educationunder 1 mi
- Tremeirchion War MemorialReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.