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Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab is an early medieval stone monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument. The cross and associated grave slab represent the Christian burial practices and commemorative traditions of the early medieval period in Wales, a time when such stone monuments marked the graves of notable individuals or served as focal points for local communities.
The monument stands upon bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a Westphalian-age geological sequence comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone with interbedded coal and ironstone seams, topped by ferricrete layers. This local geology would have provided the stone from which the cross was fashioned, making it a product of its immediate landscape. The presence of such monuments across Wales reflects the spread of Christianity and the establishment of burial practices that combined Celtic traditions with Christian commemoration during the early medieval centuries.
The survival of both cross and grave slab together offers evidence of early medieval monument building and the continuity of burial site veneration. Such stones are valuable records of settlement patterns, Christian practice and artistic development in medieval Wales, and their protection ensures their preservation for future study and public understanding of this formative period in Welsh history.
Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM207. View the official record →
Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab is an early medieval stone monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument.
Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab dates from the early medieval period, and is classified as a cross. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is GM207.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Brunel Dock, Briton Ferry (4.2 km), Craig Ty-Isaf Camp (4.5 km), Buarth y Gaer, Mynydd y Gaer (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.