Graveyard monument at the Church of St Michael, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6612 / 52°39'40"N

Longitude: -3.9656 / 3°57'56"W

OS Eastings: 267154

OS Northings: 308866

OS Grid: SH671088

Mapcode National: GBR 8X.5J7W

Mapcode Global: WH571.1CWP

Plus Code: 9C4RM26M+FP

Entry Name: Graveyard monument at the Church of St Michael

Listing Date: 10 April 2000

Last Amended: 10 April 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23165

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300023165

Location: The monument stands within the graveyard, at the SE corner of the chancel of the Church of St Michael.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Monument

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History

Erected c1704 as a memorial for members of the Pughe family.

Exterior

A much-weathered slab of the local grey slate, supported on two composite drums of stone, and relating directly to the recessed moulded panel in the chancel E wall above. This reads [.. .... ] THISTO/MB:WERE:BURIED / GRACE PUGHE / ALIAS GRUIFFHS / VIGRLILL SEPTE/MBER21 AD 1679(?) / IGMS FB 23 1691 / AND MARY PUGH / JUNE 19 1704 REDE / MPTOR NOSTER PVMFT(?).

Reasons for Listing

Included as a graveyard monument of unusual form, with its associated inscription retaining part of a traditional Roman formula, rare for the period.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II* Church of St Michael
The parish church stands on the valley floor of the upper Dysynni valley, within its own sub-oval churchyard.
II Lychgate to the Church of St Michael
The parish church stands on the valley floor, within a sub-oval banked and walled churchyard. The lychgate is set in the wall on the E quadrant of the wall.
II Churchyard wall at the Church of St Michael
The church of St Michael stands near the head of the Dysynni valley, in the middle of the graveyard which is encircled by the wall.
II Cottage E of the Church of St Michael
The cottage stands beside the road, facing the E end of the chancel.
II SW Farm Building at Ty'n-y-fach
Ty'n-y-fach farm stands some 60m NNE of the Church of St Michael. The SW farm building is the westerly of two farm buildings set in line and parallel to Old Ty'n-y-fach farmhouse.
II Granary at Ty'n-y-fach
Ty'n-y-fach farm lies c65m N of Llanfihangel church. The farmyard to the rear is defined by two parallel farmyard buildings set in line, and the granary at right angles on the SW side.
II Old Ty'n-y-fach
The farmhouse lies c65m to the N of the church, in the hamlet of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, facing NW over the Afon Cadair.
II Pont Pennant, or Pont Ty'n-y-fach
The bridge carries the road running N from Llanfihangel over the Afon Cadair to the upper stretch of the valley.

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Graveyard monument at the Church of St Michael

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd