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Latitude: 51.7157 / 51°42'56"N
Longitude: -3.2498 / 3°14'59"W
OS Eastings: 313750
OS Northings: 202623
OS Grid: SO137026
Mapcode National: GBR HV.3189
Mapcode Global: VH6D6.M49L
Entry Name: Site of Tegernacus Stone
Scheduled Date: 21 February 1973
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 619
Cadw Legacy ID: GM339
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Inscribed stone
Period: Early Medieval
County: Caerphilly (Caerffili)
Community: New Tredegar (Tredegar Newydd)
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument comprises the site of a 7th century inscribed memorial stone which was removed to the National Museum of Wales in c. 1920. Its site is marked by a concrete pillar. The inscription on the stone reads TEGERNA/CUS FILI/(U)S MARM/MIC IACIT. The pillar stands in a field a few metres west of the ridgeway along the crest of Cefn y Brithdir. Its siting suggests that the stone was meant to be seen from this ridgeway.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of early Christian burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a post-Roman funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Stone settings are often 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.
Source: Cadw
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