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St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Llanwern is a medieval cross base located within the churchyard of St. Mary's Church in Llanwern, Monmouthshire. The monument consists of a stone base that formerly supported a cross shaft, typical of the religious and ritual monuments that commonly occupied Welsh churchyards from the medieval period onwards. The cross served functions both religious and commemorative within the funerary landscape of the parish church, a practice well established across Wales during the medieval period. Though the original shaft has been lost, the base survives as evidence of the stone monuments that punctuated medieval Welsh sacred space.
St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Llanwern is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM324. View the official record →
St. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM324.
St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Llanwern 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. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Llanwern 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 MM324.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 57m South of Stock Wood (1.7 km), Bishton Castle (2.2 km), St Julian's Wood Camp (3.3 km).
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