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St. Martin's Churchyard Cross at Pen y Clawdd is a medieval stone cross base located within the churchyard of St. Martin's Church in Wales. The monument dates from the medieval period and represents an important example of religious and funerary monuments typical of Welsh churchyards, serving functions both ritual and commemorative in character. The cross base survives as a substantial stone structure that would originally have supported a cross shaft, now lost. Such monuments were commonly erected in medieval churchyards as focal points for worship and as markers within burial grounds, reflecting the importance of the church as a centre of spiritual and community life during the Middle Ages.
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 Britain.
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).
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