Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross-Marked Stone at Cilymaenllwyd House
Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Llanelli Rural
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.69137, -4.20663
- SAM number
- CM217
- Cadw record number
- 2816
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 a stone with a cross carved into the surface, probably dating to the medieval period. A standing cross marked stone, now set on grass patch outside front door at Cilymaenllwyd House. Square sectioned stone pillar 98cms high, each face 25cm wide. A stemmed line ring cross is inscribed on northeast face. There are incised lines on the top.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. 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.
Nearby in the register
- Bethlehem Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Waun Twmpath MotteMotteunder 1 mi
- Stradey CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
- Old house, including attached bakehouse, at Llettyrychen Fawr FarmDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.