Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Inscribed Stone in outer face of wall of St Michael's Church (now in Llandissilio Church)
Llandissilio West, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 25 September 1947
- Community
- Llandissilio West
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.86298, -4.73241
- SAM number
- CM068
- Cadw record number
- 2764
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 an inscribed stone, a commemorative monument in the form of a stone which has been inscribed with symbols, probably dating to the medieval period. Also known as the Carantacvs Stone, the monument comprises an inscribed stone now located within St Tysilio's church, Llandissilio. It probably dates to the 6th century AD. The stone was re-discovered in 1889 and built into the blocking of the W door in the ruins of St Michael's church, Egremont, Clynderwen. It was scheduled in 1947. In January 1960, it was moved to its present location. The stone is currently mortared into the floor next to the internal face of the N wall of the nave, adjacent to the pulpit. The stone measures 1.22m in height, 0.4m in length and 0.2m in depth. The faint Latin inscription CARANTACVS is inscribed in Roman capitals in a single vertical line and is partly overrun by an inscribed cross.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. An inscribed 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 and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Saint TysilioReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llandissilio War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Pontbren-dduNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Castell GwynHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.