This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.
We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
If Google Street View is available, the image is from the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the monument. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead.
Latitude: 51.6822 / 51°40'55"N
Longitude: -2.7791 / 2°46'44"W
OS Eastings: 346230
OS Northings: 198442
OS Grid: ST462984
Mapcode National: GBR JG.5CMY
Mapcode Global: VH79X.SZ4B
Entry Name: Kilgwrrwg Churchyard Cross
Scheduled Date: 9 March 1950
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2982
Cadw Legacy ID: MM104
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Cross
Period: Medieval
County: Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
Community: Devauden
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
The monument consists of a free standing cross probably dating to the early medieval or medieval period, which stands in the churchyard, on the south side of the church. The cross has been carved from a single piece of stone and stands c2m in height tapering slightly in section from the bottom where it has dimensions of 0.2m wide and 0.15m depth and sits on a square base of the same stone which is 0.1m high and 0.7m in width and breadth. The cross is roughly carved and unadorned; its arms measure c0.5m across.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of Christianity. It is an unusual example of its class, its crude design and simplicity making it impossible to date with any certainty. Located in a likely pre-Norman circular churchyard it retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Source: Cadw
Other nearby scheduled monuments