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St. Mabli's Churchyard Cross is a medieval cross base located in the churchyard of St. Mabli's Church at Llanvapley in Monmouthshire, Wales. The monument dates from the medieval period and served a religious and funerary function typical of churchyard crosses, which acted as focal points for worship and ritual within ecclesiastical spaces. The surviving element comprises the base structure, which would originally have supported a shaft and head, now lost or removed. The cross remains an important testimony to medieval religious practice and the material expression of Christian devotion in the Welsh landscape.
St. Mabli's Churchyard Cross, Llanvapley is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM318. View the official record →
St. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM318.
St. Mabli's Churchyard Cross, Llanvapley dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a cross base. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
St. Mabli's Churchyard Cross, Llanvapley 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 MM318.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llanvihangel Nigh Usk Churchyard Cross (5.3 km), St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Llanfair Cilgedyn (5.5 km), Wern-y-Cwrt Castle Mound (5.9 km).
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