Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Chapel and Burial Ground near Tre-Henry
Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Crymych, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Chapel (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Chapel
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Crymych
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.94288, -4.60064
- SAM number
- PE098
- Cadw record number
- 994
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (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 comprises the remains of a small chapel presumed to date from the medieval period. The site, thought to be a chapelry to Llanfyrnach, has no recorded history. An earthwork of about 33m by 23m indicates the position of a narrow oval or polygonal dry-stone walled enclosure, the south west side of which lies under a boundary hedge. In the interior are the grass-covered footings of a rectangular building measuring 10m north east to south west by 6m with an entrance on the south west side.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. The site forms an important element within the wider medieval landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, layout, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Rhyd-y-Gath Pillar CrossCross-marked stoneunder 1 mi
- Llanfyrnach Standing StonesStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Entrance gates to churchyard of Church of St BrynachReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St BrynachReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.