Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llangan Celtic Cross
Llangan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 9 January 1951
- Community
- Llangan
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.48975, -3.50305
- SAM number
- GM211
- Cadw record number
- 169
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 free standing cross probably dating to the early medieval or medieval period, which stands in the churchyard just west of the church under a pitched roof. The cross is c1.5m in height and consists of a short base 0.4m wide with a circular cross, 1m in diameter, on top. Both faces the top section have been carved in relief with the east face showing a wheel-shaped cross. On the west face is the Crucifixion with a figure beneath each arm and a further figure beneath the feet of Christ.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A cross 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 and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St CannaReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Cross at Church of St CannaNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Medieval Cross in ChurchyardCrossunder 1 mi
- The Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.