Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pyle Incised Stone
Cynffig, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Cynffig
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.52752, -3.69895
- SAM number
- GM036
- Cadw record number
- 2237
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. The stone presently stands in the front garden of a residential property and is set in concrete and is 1.2m in height and 0.5m width, its depth varies along its heigth from 0.1m to 0.18m and 1 tapers slightly towards the top. A very faint cross is incised on the north side of the stone.
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
- Leat & Dam at Llanmihangel MillLeatunder 1 mi
- Bridge near Llanmihangel MillTransportunder 1 mi
- Marlas Road OverbridgeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Llanmihangel MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.