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Early Medieval Cross, Llandough Churchyard
Primary Reference Number (PRN)
: 00076s
Trust
: Glamorgan Gwent
Community
: Llandough
Unitary authority
: Vale of Glamorgan
NGR
: ST16797325
Site Type (preferred type first)
: Early Medieval - Cross
Status
: UA Local List (Adopted)
Summary :
Composite pillar-cross consisting of a two-part shaft with massive central collar and splayed base but lacking the crosshead, standing in St Dochdwy's Churchyard, Llandough-Juxta-Penarth.
Description :
Composite pillar-cross consisting of a two-part shaft with massive central collar and splayed base but lacking the crosshead, standing in St Dochdwy's Churchyard, Llandough-Juxta-Penarth. Upper and lower sections both have recessed panels of interlace between bulbous angle mouldings; all sides on square upper section, with plain mouldings; front and back on rectangular lower section with decorated mouldings. Collar formed of five horizontal bands of decoration; decoration on base includes human figures. Late 10th early 11th century. (RCAHMW 1976, 61-2 no.938).
Evans 2003: GGAT 73 Early-Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project database
Included on Vale of Glamorgan Council's List of County Treasures (Vale of Glamorgan Council).
Sources :
Evans, E M , 2003 , Early Medieval Ecclesiastical sites in Southeast Wales: Desk based assessment
Nash-Williams V.E , 1936 , An Inventory of the Early Christian Stone Monuments of Wales, with a Bibliography of the Principal Notices, Part II. Glamorganshire to Radnorshire , The Buletin of the Board of Celtic Studies : VIII pt.II : 161-188
RCAHMW , 1976 , An inventory of the Ancient monuments in Glamorgan, I, iii: The Early Christian period
Redknap, M and Lewis, J M , 2007 , A corpus of Early medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales. vol 1: South-east Wales and the English border
Thomas H.T. , 1892 , Inscribed Stones , Transaction of the Cardiff Naturalist Society : XXV pt.1 : 34-47
Vale of Glamorgan Council , 2007 , Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures: Llandough
Evans EM, 2003-04, GGAT 73 Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Sites Project
02/PM Desc Text//Nash Williams VE/1950/Early Christian Monuments
01/MM Record Card/OS//1957/ST 17 SE 16/;
No37 pp17-24;
08/PH List/RISW/Allen JR/1899/Archaeol Cambrensis/5Ser Vol16 No61 p1
07/PM Desc Text/RISW/Allen JR/1893/Archaeol Cambrensis/5Ser Vol10
of Wales/p134,136 Pl45 & Fig11,1;
03/PM Desc Text///1904/Archaeol Cambrensis/p247-52;
06/MM Illust/RCAHM//1980/Glam Invent/(Font);
05/MM Photo/GGAT/Lewis W/1979-80//;
04/PH Desc Text///1899/Archaeol Cambrensis/p15;
Related records
Inscribed Stones and Stone Scuplture Ref No. G42
Compiled date
: 12-03-2004
Last updated
: 24-11-2023
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