Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llanwnwr Cross-Slab
Pencaer, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Pencaer, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Pencaer
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.02282, -5.06918
- SAM number
- PE072
- Cadw record number
- 3339
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (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 stone with a cross carved into the surface, probably dating to the medieval period and standing within the forecourt of the farm house having been found built into the wall of one of the outhouses. The stone measures 5 ft 5 high and on the face is incised a cross within a circle. The lower limb of the cross projects.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A cross marked stone 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
- Carreg LwydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Lighthouse-Keepers CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Strumble Head Lighthouse with associated buildings and boundary wallMaritimeunder 1 mi
- CaerlemDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.