Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St. Michael's Churchyard Cross, Machen
Graig, Newport, Wales
A scheduled monument in Graig, Newport, recorded as Cross (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 25 June 2002
- Community
- Graig
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.58614, -3.11578
- SAM number
- MM305
- Cadw record number
- 3900
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (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 in the churchyard of St. Michael's church, Machen. The octagonal medieval cross shaft survives to a height of 0.88m and is 0.30m wide at the base, tapering to 0.26m at the top. The base comprises two rubble-built steps 2.0m square at ground level, surmounted by a square, chamfered socket-stone some 0.66m wide by 0.48m high. The cross was recorded in its current position in 1893.
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 St MichaelNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard gates and piers to the Church of St MichaelNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Railings and gate to Parkfield HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.