Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Martin's Haven Early Christian Inscribed Cross
Marloes and St. Brides, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Marloes and St. Brides, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Cross-marked stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cross-marked stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1986
- Community
- Marloes and St. Brides
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.73512, -5.24490
- SAM number
- PE431
- Cadw record number
- 2741
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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)
- 1898 · 227 Milford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 227 Milford (Outline) (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. This is a waterworn boulder, 0.86m high, 0.4m wide and 1.2m thick, roughly rectangular in shape with a rounded top and flat but sloping back. On one face is incised a double outlined Latin cross, the upper part of which is surrounded by a double ring. The four arms of the cross protrude beyond the wheel head. The other face is not decorated. The cross was found in the ground during work on a wall adjacent to a derelict building and is now fixed, by its base only, into the wall which protects it from weathering.
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
- Deer Park WallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Deer Park Promontory FortPromontory Fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- West HookDomesticunder 1 mi
- Watery Bay RathPromontory Fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.