Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lych gate at entrance to Llanfynydd churchyard
Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, designated on 9 April 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 9 April 2003
- Locality
- Llanfynydd
- Community
- Llanfynydd
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.92813, -4.09826
- Cadw reference
- 81025
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side of the churchyard.
History
Probably C18 and shown on the 1887 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Rubble stone lych gate with steeply pitched slate roof. It has round arches with narrow voussoirs, and on the outer (S) side double iron entrance gates. Inside are wooden benches along the side walls.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early surviving lych gate and for its contribution to the historic character of the church and village.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone Call-box on S side of Llanfynydd churchyardCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Llanfynydd War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St EgwadReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- PortisDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.