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Latitude: 51.6844 / 51°41'3"N
Longitude: -4.0672 / 4°4'1"W
OS Eastings: 257191
OS Northings: 200426
OS Grid: SN571004
Mapcode National: GBR GV.RWVQ
Mapcode Global: VH4JV.GX6M
Entry Name: St Michael's Chapel, Cwrt-y-Carne
Scheduled Date:
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 3572
Cadw Legacy ID: GM363
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Chapel
Period: Medieval
County: Swansea (Abertawe)
Community: Gorseinon
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument comprises the remains of a small medieval chapel once belonging to a former grange of Neath Abbey. It measures 5.1m x 4.2m internally, with a small porch 2.1m square to the south. It now survives as irregular, low, spread banks with a single area of fallen masonry on the south which contains a trace of the splay of one window. The chapel stands on an oval area some 23m x 14m, which is slightly raised above the level of the surrounding marshland: it is sometimes under water at high tide.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. The site forms an important element within the wider medieval landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, layout, building techniques and functional detail. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Source: Cadw
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