Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Two Pre-Norman Gravestones in Churchyard
Mathry, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Mathry, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 24 September 1947
- Community
- Mathry
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.94586, -5.08753
- SAM number
- PE150
- Cadw record number
- 3354
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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 two stones with a cross carved into their surface, probably dating to the medieval period which are gravestones built into the outer face of the of the churchyard wall. They face the road on the west side c14m south of the entrance gate. They are separated by a distance of 1.5m. The first of these stones is 1.06m.in height and has a width of 0.5m; the upper part is incised with a cross within a circle which is 0.28m in diameter. The second stone is 1.17m.in height and has a width of 0.5m; the upper part is also incised a cross within a circle which is 0.3m in diameter.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. 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.
Nearby in the register
- Churchyard Wall at Church of the Holy MartyrsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of the Holy MartyrsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box at the General StoresCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding to E.of High RoostDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.