Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, Bryngwyn
Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanarth, Monmouthshire, recorded as Cross base (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross base
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 31 July 2002
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.77915, -2.88471
- SAM number
- MM323
- Cadw record number
- 3913
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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)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (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 cross base in the churchyard of St. Peter's church, Bryngwyn. It comprises comprises one ashlar-built step 1.07m square by 0.19m high surmounted by a square-octagonal, socket-stone some 0.81m wide by 0.51m high, with large, plain broached stops and a chamfered top. The socket supports a modern cross-shaft and head, orignally it would have been a medieval cross. 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 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
- Churchyard cross at Bryngwyn churchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint PeterReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rectory Farmhouse and the Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas HendyDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.