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Inscribed Stone & Early Gravestones in St Michael's Church is an early medieval monument protected by Cadw under reference CM071. The stone bears inscriptions that testify to the Christian community that occupied this Welsh site during the early medieval period, when such carved memorial stones served as monuments to the dead and markers of faith. The inscribed stone represents a tradition of commemoration practised across Wales and western Britain during this era, when literacy and stone carving remained selective accomplishments often associated with ecclesiastical communities.
The church occupies ground underlain by Ashgill Rocks, a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Ashgill stage of the Ordovician period. This ancient bedrock provided the local stone available for quarrying and carving the inscribed memorial. The choice of stone and the inscriptions themselves suggest sustained Christian occupation of the site from the early medieval period onwards.
The early gravestones preserved within St Michael's Church form an assemblage of funerary monuments that document burial practice and social rank within the medieval Welsh community. Together with the inscribed stone, they represent a continuity of use at this sacred site across centuries, anchoring the spiritual and social life of the surrounding landscape to this location.
Inscribed Stone & Early Gravestones in St Michael's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM071. View the official record →
Inscribed Stone & Early Gravestones in St Michael's Church is an early medieval monument protected by Cadw under reference CM071.
Inscribed Stone & Early Gravestones in St Michael's Church dates from the early medieval period, and is classified as a inscribed stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Inscribed Stone & Early Gravestones in St Michael's Church 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 CM071.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crug y Bedw, S of Blaen-Rhyd-Fedw (5.9 km), Castell Du Castle Mound (6.1 km), Crugyn Amlwg, Mynydd Trebeddau (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Inscribed Stone & Early Gravestones in St Michael's Church'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.
Inscribed Stone & Early Gravestones in St Michael's Church stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.