Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross-Inscribed Stone in the Chapel, Bardsey Island
Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Aberdaron, Gwynedd, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Aberdaron
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.76408, -4.78681
- SAM number
- CN141
- Cadw record number
- 2437
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 133 Bardsey Island (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of a stone with a cross carved into the surface, probably dating to the medieval period. Part of the cross is missing, where it has been cut. The cross has expanded terminals and measures 0.45m in length. The engraved face is 1.38m long and 0.36m wide.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. The stone has been moved from its original location to the sheltered protection of Bardsey Island Chapel.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described.
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed Stone in the Chapel, Bardsey IslandInscribed Stoneunder 1 mi
- The ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Walls to Chapel and Ty CapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ty CapelDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.