Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard at St. Martin's Parish
Laugharne Township, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Laugharne Township, Carmarthenshire, designated on 25 September 1986.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 25 September 1986
- Community
- Laugharne Township
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.77598, -4.46201
- Cadw reference
- 9624
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 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)
- 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 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Old churchyard on northern outskirts of Town Centre bounded to N and E by rubble walls.
Exterior
Retains a particularly fine collection of C18 and C19 monuments, including some marble and of classical style. Steps up to E with a 2-tier terrace, rubble revetment walls and further monuments. Funerary vaults exist beneath lower terrace, one with segmental voussoir arched entrance (blocked) has inscribed stone reading. "The Family Vault of Robert Holderness Esq. Laugharne 1873".
In the new churchyard there is a simple wooden cross at the grave of Dylan Thomas, died 1953.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Parish Church of St. MartinReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Clifton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The LimesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Moir HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.