Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross-Incised Stone in Churchyard
Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 8 October 1952
- Community
- Llanpumsaint
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.93743, -4.30181
- SAM number
- CM165
- Cadw record number
- 2794
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 · 211 Newcastle Emlyn (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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. A small stone with an incised ring cross stands in the churchyard 2.75m to the south of the church. The slab measures 0.6m high, 0.3 in width and 0.2m in depth and is rectangular in cross section. On the West face is inscribed a ring cross; the other faces are rough tooled and the east face is particularly rough.
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
- Pont NewyddTransportunder 1 mi
- Ffos-y-Maen Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Ffos-y-maen, including attached former byreDomesticunder 1 mi
- Y BwthynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.