Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross-Incised Stone (Now in Carno Church)
Carno, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Carno, Powys, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Carno
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.56346, -3.53969
- SAM number
- MG146
- Cadw record number
- 2638
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 an inscribed stone, a commemorative monument in the form of a stone which has been inscribed with symbols, probably dating to the medieval period. Dressed stone measuring 1.88m tall, 0.43m wide, 0.2m thick, with a wheel-cross on one face. It was found in 1960, acting as a gate-post close to Capel Peniel in Carno, then relocated to the church. The stone is now situated against a wall in the north-eastern corner of the church, to the left of the door.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. An inscribed 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 and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Capel PenielReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Plas LlysynDomesticunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
- Sarn FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.