Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St. Mary's Churchyard Crosses, Magor
Magor with Undy, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross base
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 28 August 2002
- Community
- Magor with Undy
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.57916, -2.83072
- SAM number
- MM314
- Cadw record number
- 3908
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 two cross bases in the churchyard of St. Mary's church, Magor. The crosses are medieval, Cross A stands approximately 29m to the north of the north porch and comprises two ashlar-built steps 2.72m square at the base, surmounted by a possibly square socket-stone of unusual design, some 0.82m wide by 0.44m high, with a moulded cordon and over-hanging top. The cross shaft does not survive. Cross B stands approximately 16m to the north-north-east of Cross A and comprises a large socket-stone some 0.76m square by 0.77m high with large broached (or "bull-nosed") stops. The top of the stone is chamfered with an unusual octagonal socket, off-set to the north-east. It is very unusual to find the remains of two medieval cross-bases in one churchyard, therefore these examples possess considerable group value.
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
- Cross Base in Churchyard to St Mary's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Magor Mansion (also known as the Procurator's House)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Magor Post OfficeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.