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Inscribed Stone in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth is an early medieval monument inscribed with lettering in the Latin alphabet. The stone stands in the churchyard of St Llawddog's Church in the village of Cenarth in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Such carved stones typically date from the fifth to seventh centuries and mark the graves of notable individuals or commemorate significant figures within early Christian communities. The monument rests upon bedrock composed of Ashgill rocks—a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that characterises the underlying geology of the area. The stone's inscription represents important evidence of early Christian settlement and literacy in medieval Wales, recording names and occasionally titles or dedications. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, designated under reference CM072. The churchyard setting preserves the stone within its original ecclesiastical context, maintaining the continuity of this sacred site across more than a thousand years.
Inscribed Stone in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM072. View the official record →
Inscribed Stone in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth is an early medieval monument inscribed with lettering in the Latin alphabet. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM072.
Inscribed Stone in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth 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 in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth 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 CM072.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Crychydd (6.8 km), Domen Seba (or Y Tomen Fawr) Castle Mound (7.1 km), Moelfre Round Barrows (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Inscribed Stone in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Inscribed Stone in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.