Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llansadurnen Cross-Incised Stone & Other Stones
Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 7 July 1951
- Community
- Llanddowror
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.76749, -4.50904
- SAM number
- CM136
- Cadw record number
- 665
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
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. It is located in a an enclosure marked 'Parc y Cerrig Santaidd 1902' and is a rough pillar stone (fractured in two) with an incised cross ring on one piece. Also present are what appears to be a circular cross base together with a setting of other small stones
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 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
- Little Mountain Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Pant-Glas CampPromontory Fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Church of St SadwrnenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- PlashettDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.