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Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae is an early medieval stone bearing a cross carved into its surface, now incorporated into the fabric of a farm building in Wales. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh historic monuments service, under reference CN180. Such cross-marked stones typically date from the early medieval period and represent a tradition of Christian expression in Wales, often serving as markers of religious significance or territorial importance within early Welsh communities.
The stone lies upon bedrock composed of Llanvirn rocks of the Whiterock formation, which consists of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. These grey sedimentary rocks underlie much of the surrounding landscape and would have been worked by local quarrying traditions throughout the medieval period. The cross slab's incorporation into the later farm building at Ty'n-y-Cae demonstrates how early medieval carved stones were frequently reused in subsequent construction, a common practice that has inadvertently preserved these artefacts into the modern era.
The preservation of the cross slab within the farm building represents an important survival of early medieval stone carving and religious practice in the Welsh countryside. Despite its secondary use as a building component, the monument retains considerable historical significance as evidence of Christian settlement and cultural continuity within the region during the early medieval centuries.
Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN180. View the official record →
Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae is an early medieval stone bearing a cross carved into its surface, now incorporated into the fabric of a farm building in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN180.
Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae dates from the early medieval period, and is classified as a cross-marked stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae 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 CN180.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tymawr Cross-Incised Stone (1 km), Garn Boduan (2.1 km), Moel Gwynus Standing Stone (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae'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.
Cross Slab Built into Farm Building Ty'n-y-Cae stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.