Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard cross at Church of Saint Mary
Burton, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 May 2004
- Locality
- Burton
- Town
- Milford Haven
- Community
- Burton
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71310, -4.91755
- Cadw reference
- 82708
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
In the churchyard just S of the Church of Saint Mary.
History
Churchyard cross, medieval base, C19 or C20 Celtic cross. There were said to be three crosses once in the village.
Exterior
Churchyard cross, C19 monolith grey limestone Celtic cross on eroded rubble stone base of tapering square shape, set on rubble-stone octagonal base of four steps.
Reason for designation
Included as a churchyard cross of medieval origins, of group value with the church.
Nearby in the register
- Well and total immersion font in churchyard of Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Village pump at BurtonWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- Milepost at Burton FerryTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.