Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross-Slab in Church
Honddu Isaf, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Honddu Isaf
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.98153, -3.40791
- SAM number
- BR120
- Cadw record number
- 1758
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a stone with a cross carved into the surface, probably dating to the medieval period. The inscribed cross-slab was formerly sited in churchyard and is comprised of 3 pieces of stone. The stone slab is 2.43m long, 0.4m wide and 0.1m in depth and inscribed with figure standing on panel, surmounted by cross of double bands. The stone bears the half uncial inscription in two lines, preceded by a Latin cross with neatly squared expanded ends. The inscription reads 'BRIAMAIL F[L]OU'. The letters are cut with characteristic serifs. The L has not been incised as precisely as the other characters.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. A cross marked stone may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Saint MaelogReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard cross and Dickinson vaultReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to Church of Saint MaelogReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Mausoleum to Watkins family of PenoyreReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.