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St. Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y Clawdd is a medieval cross base standing in the churchyard of St. Martin's Church in Wales. The monument comprises the lower stone shaft and base of what was originally a taller wayside or churchyard cross, a common feature of medieval Welsh religious landscapes. Such crosses served as focal points for worship, processions and community gatherings, and many survive today as truncated shafts.
The cross stands on bedrock of Lower Devonian age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited in shallow marine environments over 400 million years ago. These rocks form part of the geological foundation underlying much of this region and would have provided local stone for building and monument construction during the medieval period.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the heritage monuments service of Wales, under the reference MM329. This statutory protection recognises its significance as a surviving example of medieval religious architecture and its contribution to understanding the spiritual and social organisation of Welsh communities during the medieval period.
St. Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y Clawdd is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM329. View the official record →
St. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM329.
St. Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y Clawdd dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a cross base. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
St. Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y Clawdd 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 MM329.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Great House Camp (5 km), Ringwork NE of New House (7.3 km), Camp 650m South of Ty Freeman (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of St. Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y Clawdd'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.
St. Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y Clawdd stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.