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Cross in St Michael's Churchyard

A Grade II Listed Building in Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7898 / 51°47'23"N

Longitude: -2.7375 / 2°44'14"W

OS Eastings: 349230

OS Northings: 210384

OS Grid: SO492103

Mapcode National: GBR FK.YFKT

Mapcode Global: VH870.H8NS

Plus Code: 9C3VQ7Q7+W2

Entry Name: Cross in St Michael's Churchyard

Listing Date: 19 November 1953

Last Amended: 27 September 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2087

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300002087

Location: In the centre of Mitchel Troy village, on the N side of the old road from Monmouth to Raglan

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Monmouth

Community: Mitchel Troy (Llanfihangel Troddi)

Community: Mitchel Troy

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Churchyard cross

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Exterior

Restored medieval cross-shaft. Red sandstone. Mounted on a square plinth of 3 steps and set in a low cavetto-moulded base, it is about 3m high and rectangular in section, tapering from 37x32cm at the foot, and has convex corners decorated with small shields alternating with ball-flowers so crudely-carved as to resemble little. skulls.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a unusual example of a medieval preaching cross, and for its group relationship with the church.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II* Church of St Michael
    In the centre of Mitchel Troy village, on the N side of the old road from Monmouth to Raglan.
  • II Lychgate to Church of St Michael
    In the centre of Mitchel Troy village.
  • II Church Farmhouse
    In the centre of the village, about 150m SW of the church of St Michael, set back on the S side of the old road between Monmouth and Raglan, in the E angle of the minor road running S to Mitchel Troy
  • II Church Farmhouse, Barn to W
    About 150m SW of the church of St Michael and 10m W of Church Farmhouse, set back on the S side of the old road between Monmouth and Raglan, in the E angle of the minor road running S to Mitchel Troy
  • II* Church of St Wonnow
    About 2.5km SW of Monmouth, close to Wonastow Court on the S side of the minor road between Monmouth and Dingestow. Screened from the road by trees, but a conspicuous and attractive feature of the vi
  • II Cross in St Wonnow's churchyard
    About 20m N of the church of St Wonnow
  • II Wonastow Court
    Set in its own grounds on the S side of the road from Monmouth to Dingestow, about 2.5km SW of Monmouth. Standing in delightfully intimate proximity about 50m to the S is the Church of St Wonnow (q.v.
  • II Wonastow Lodge
    On the S side of a former drive to Wonastow Court, off the S side of the minor road from Monmouth to Wonastow; about 450m NE of Wonastow Court

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