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Latitude: 51.532 / 51°31'55"N
Longitude: -3.7082 / 3°42'29"W
OS Eastings: 281606
OS Northings: 182834
OS Grid: SS816828
Mapcode National: GBR H6.GRZC
Mapcode Global: VH5H8.NRZG
Entry Name: Sculptured Cross Llanmihangel Farm
Scheduled Date: 17 June 1973
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2286
Cadw Legacy ID: GM345
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Cross
Period: Early Medieval
County: Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
Community: Margam
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument consists of a free standing cross probably dating to the early medieval or medieval period, which is fixed into a stone wall at Llanmihangel Farm. Its mounting into the wall hides many of its features. The weathered and water-worn block of Pennant sandstone forms the upper half of a cross-slab which is 0.82m in height and 0.95m wide at the fracture line (corresponding to the waist) tapering to 0.60m at the top; it is 0.25m deep. The decoration on the main face carved in low relief consists of a cross form with widely splayed arms and elongated sunken hollows between the arms. The arms of the cross have a bold edge-moulding and at the lower left hand is part of a ringed hollow.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of Christianity. A cross 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.
Source: Cadw
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