Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross-Incised Stones
Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 16 June 1952
- Community
- Llanddowror
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.80263, -4.53192
- SAM number
- CM161
- Cadw record number
- 2796
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 two stones with a cross carved into the surface, probably dating to the medieval period. The stones stand side by side in the field to the west of the church.
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
- Church of Saint TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard gates, piers and railings at Church of Saint TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A477 at LlanddowrorTransportunder 1 mi
- Picton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.