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St. Thomas à Becket's Churchyard Cross, Wolvesnewton is a medieval stone cross standing in the churchyard of St. Thomas à Becket's Church in Wolvesnewton, Wales. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference MM330. Such churchyard crosses are characteristic features of medieval Welsh parishes, typically serving as focal points for religious observance and community gatherings within the consecrated ground.
The cross rises from bedrock of Lower Devonian age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that underlie the Wolvesnewton landscape. These sedimentary rocks, deposited during the Early Devonian period some 400 million years ago, form the solid foundation upon which this stone monument has stood. The local geology has provided material for building throughout the area's history, including the stone used in the cross itself.
Churchyard crosses of this type typically date to the later medieval period and often marked significant locations within the burial ground or served processional purposes during religious services. The cross at Wolvesnewton remains a tangible link to the medieval religious life of the parish, preserving the spatial arrangement and sacred character of this rural Welsh churchyard.
St. Thomas a Becket's Churchyard Cross, Wolvesnewton is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM330. View the official record →
St. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM330.
St. Thomas a Becket's Churchyard Cross, Wolvesnewton dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a cross. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
St. Thomas a Becket's Churchyard Cross, Wolvesnewton 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 MM330.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llanvaches Castle (8 km), Talgarth settlement earthworks (8.4 km), Royal Naval Propellant Factory Caerwent Nitro-glycerine Hill (8.8 km).
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St. Thomas a Becket's Churchyard Cross, Wolvesnewton stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.