Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Cross
Llantarnam, Torfaen, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llantarnam, Torfaen, recorded as Cross (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Llantarnam
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.63278, -3.00275
- SAM number
- MM136
- Cadw record number
- 579
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (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 to the S of the church. The original parts of the structure are the crystalline socket stone which is 0.7m in height and 0.8m in both width and depth and has plain broached stops at its uppermost corners and the lower 1.8m of the octagonal cross shaft which has chamfered and broached stops at is base. The steps beneath and the cross above are modern additions.
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
- Churchyard cross at the Church of Saint Michael and All AngelsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St Michael and All AngelsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Memorial to T. Leadbetter in churchyard of Church of St Michael and All AngelsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Greenhouse Public HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.