Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llan-Llyr Inscribed Stone
Llanfihangel Ystrad, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanfihangel Ystrad, Ceredigion, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 23 February 1956
- Community
- Llanfihangel Ystrad
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.18190, -4.13191
- SAM number
- CD112
- Cadw record number
- 2567
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (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 an inscribed stone, probably dating to the early medieval period. It measures c.1.41m by 0.24m by 0.24m and carving survives on two adjacent faces, the left-hand one of which has clearly lost its left-hand side. The stone would appear to have been split vertically at some stage. It stood formerly in a shrubbery in the garden behind Llanllyr House, but has now been re-set against a garden wall in an arched niche. On the main face only a right-facing semicircle with a horizontal across it, and a fragment of a spiral stem-terminal at the base, remain of an incised ring-cross. To the right of the missing cross-stem is an inscription in book script in four lines running vertically: TESQUITUS DITOC / MADOMNUAC O / AON FILIUS ASA / ITGEN DEDIT. 'The tesquitus of Ditoc (which) Aon son of Asa Itgen gave to Madomnuac'. 'Tesquitus' probably refers to a plot of land. At the top of the narrow right-hand face is a now incomplete linear Latin ring-cross 0.46m high. The carvings and inscription probably date to the later 8th or earlier 9th century. (Nash Williams no.124; Edwards CD20)
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A cross marked stone may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can be further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Lodge at LlanllyrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont TalsarnTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont Talsarn (partly in Nantcwnlle Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Talsarn SmithyCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.