Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Marshfield
Marshfield, Newport, Wales
A scheduled monument in Marshfield, Newport, recorded as Cross base (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross base
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 13 August 2002
- Community
- Marshfield
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.53710, -3.06612
- SAM number
- MM311
- Cadw record number
- 1035
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (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)
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 cross base in the churchyard of St. Mary's church, Marshfiel. It is an unusual example of a medieval socket-stone and cross-shaft, probably dating to the 15th century. It comprises an octagonal socket-stone, some 0.73m across by 0.60m high, with carved quatrefoil decoration on each face. The original medieval shaft survives to a height of 0.37m and is surmounted by a modern cross erected as war memorial in 1991.
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 base 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
- Parish Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gelli-ber FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castleton Baptist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Coach and Horses PHCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.