Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cattwg
Llan-Maes, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 21 July 2003
- Locality
- Llanmaes
- Town
- Barry
- Community
- Llan-Maes
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.41511, -3.46706
- Cadw reference
- 81300
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
Immediately to the south of the Church of St. Cattwg.
History
Probably C15 in origin but much rebuilt in the C20 and with the present cross added in c1975. The cross is dated 197?; the last figure of this is covered over.
Exterior
Built of local limestone rubble with a bronze cross. Four roughly constructed steps of diminishing squares. Medieval socket stone. Tall bronze cross with twisted barley-sugar shaft and quatrefoil head. The shaft is signed and dated 197?
Reason for designation
Included as a partly medieval cross with strong group value.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St CattwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Railed Tomb to Nicholl family to east of Chancel of Church of St CattwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Walls, Gatepiers and Gates of Llanmaes HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llanmaes HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.