Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Trellech Churchyard Cross
Trellech United, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1948
- Community
- Trellech United
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.74564, -2.72495
- SAM number
- MM107
- Cadw record number
- 2368
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, on the south side of the church. The monument is c3.5m in total height standing on a set of five steps which are 4m square at the base and 1.4m high. Above the steps is a large cross base measuring, 0.6m high and 0.8m in width and depth with large chamfered stops in the corners. The cross shaft is 0.2m square with chamfered corners and made of two pieces standing in a socket in the middle of the base. The lower section is 0.8m high and starts to taper slightly at the top. The upper section is 0.7m high, and is tapering with a simple cross on top.
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
- Cross in the churchyard of the Church of St NicholasReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate of the Church of St NicholasCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St NicholasReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The CroftEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.