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Lychgate at South Side of Churchyard of St Eigon's Church

Llanigon, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Llanigon, Powys, designated on 28 September 1961.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Lychgate at South Side of Churchyard of St Eigon's Church, Llanigon, Powys, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Date of designation
28 September 1961
Locality
Llanigon
Community
Llanigon
Unitary authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.05176, -3.14772
Cadw reference
6624

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Stands in the SW corner of St Eigon's churchyard.

Small, of stone, C19 with boarded gables and a stone-slate roof, the gables and roof renewed/repaired. Roof of oak, with collared rafter-couples, the halved joints nailed.

A small and comparatively unaltered lychgate.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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