Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae
Nefyn, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Nefyn, Gwynedd, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Nefyn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.94042, -4.51264
- SAM number
- CN180
- Cadw record number
- 3185
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (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 8th or 9th century. The stone is now in use as a lintel over the door of a stable and has been cut down to fit, so that part of the cross is missing. The stone may also have been split in half, the other half being the companion lintel in the other half of the building.
The cross was removed in the 19th century from a slight mound in a field known as Cae Pen-y-Maen on the boundary between the parishes of Nefyn and Pistyll, human bones having previously been ploughed up in the same field, so that the stone presumably came from an early Christian cemetery or chapel site.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity and retains significant archaeological potential. A cross marked stone may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
Only the stone is scheduled.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St Mary's WellWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- Nefyn Watch TowerMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Tymawr Cross-Incised StoneCross-marked stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.