Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross Inscribed Stone Near Capel Uchaf
Clynnog, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Clynnog, Gwynedd, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 9 February 1994
- Community
- Clynnog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.02303, -4.34163
- SAM number
- CN213
- Cadw record number
- 3187
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 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 medieval period. The stone which is of a coarse conglomerate measures c.0.9m long and 0.4m wide with the cross clearly visible. The cross itself is a simple incised design with arms of approximately the same size. The cross is enclosed by a slightly oval incised ring measuring 0.23m along the shaft and 0.20m along the arms. The stone is set in a low roadside boundary wall.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described.
Nearby in the register
- Row of cottages in Capel UchafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coed tyno-bachDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn-goleuDomesticunder 1 mi
- FilldirDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.