Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard cross in St Andrew's Churchyard
Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 3 May 2002
- Locality
- St Andrews Major
- Community
- Dinas Powys
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.43551, -3.24051
- Cadw reference
- 26501
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
Standing S of the church.
History
Medieval, restored in C19.
Exterior
Churchyard cross. A high base of 5 square steps of mortared rubble. Original square socket on a plinth; the shaft with broach spurs was displaced but recovered; cross head was restored.
Reason for designation
Listed as a large and mostly surviving medieval cross with its steps; group value with the church, the bier house and The Old Rectory.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St AndrewReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Bier House in St Andrew's ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garn-hill and attached garden terraceGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.