Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llangattock Nigh Usk Churchyard Cross
Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 13 September 1950
- Community
- Llanover
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.78162, -2.97218
- SAM number
- MM123
- Cadw record number
- 582
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 north side of the church. The original section of the structure is hexagonal in plan, 2.1m in height and comprises of four steps, each 1.3m high and 2m in length. Standing on top of the steps is an octagonal shaft which is 2m in height which is topped with a modern cross.
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 Churchyard of Church of St. CadocReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St. CadocReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Early Gravestone in Churchyard of Church of St. CadocReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Water Trough near Llangattock CourtWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.