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Trellech Churchyard Cross is a medieval stone cross standing in the churchyard at Trellech in Monmouth, Wales. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference MM107. Medieval churchyard crosses served both spiritual and practical purposes within their communities, functioning as focal points for open-air gatherings and processions whilst also marking the sacred boundary of the burial ground.
The cross stands upon Lower Devonian bedrock, a foundation of sandstone and conglomerate layers deposited during the Early Devonian period over 400 million years ago. This local stone would have provided the quarrying material for the monument itself, with craftsmen extracting from the same geological strata that underlie the wider Trellech landscape. The interbedded nature of the local rock—alternating hard and softer layers—would have influenced the stone-working techniques available to medieval masons.
As a scheduled monument in the care of Cadw, Trellech Churchyard Cross remains an important record of medieval parish life and stone-working traditions in South Wales. Such crosses typically date from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, though their spiritual significance often extended earlier traditions of outdoor worship spaces associated with Celtic Christianity in Wales.
Trellech Churchyard Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM107. View the official record →
Trellech Churchyard Cross is a medieval stone cross standing in the churchyard at Trellech in Monmouth, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM107.
Trellech Churchyard Cross dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a cross. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Trellech Churchyard Cross 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 MM107.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gaer Hill Camp, Penterry (7.7 km), Chepstow Park Wood Cairn (8 km), Wyndcliff Roman Site (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Trellech Churchyard Cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Trellech Churchyard Cross stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.