Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pillar Cross in Newport Churchyard
Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 7 November 1956
- Community
- Newport
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.01501, -4.83183
- SAM number
- PE304
- Cadw record number
- 2699
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 outside the west end of church. It was moved to the churchyard in 1956 having been formerly used as a gatepost (set head downwards) at Cnwc - Y Croywydd, beside the Newport - Fishguard road opposite Cnwc farmhouse. It has an Incised Latin ring across with crossed foot and curved bar below, 5ft x 11ft 6ins x 1ft. Stands outside West end of church.
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
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- LluestDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walls of Churchyard of Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Church ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.