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Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cattwg

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanmaes, Vale of Glamorgan

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4151 / 51°24'54"N

Longitude: -3.4671 / 3°28'1"W

OS Eastings: 298074

OS Northings: 169476

OS Grid: SS980694

Mapcode National: GBR HK.Q0M4

Mapcode Global: VH5HZ.VPGJ

Plus Code: 9C3RCG8M+25

Entry Name: Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cattwg

Listing Date: 21 July 2003

Last Amended: 21 July 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81300

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300081300

Location: Immediately to the south of the Church of St. Cattwg.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Town: Barry

Community: Llan-maes (Llan-faes)

Community: Llan-Maes

Locality: Llanmaes

Built-Up Area: Llanmaes

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Christian cross

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History

Probably C15 in origin but much rebuilt in the C20 and with the present cross added in c1975. The cross is dated 197?; the last figure of this is covered over.

Exterior

Built of local limestone rubble with a bronze cross. Four roughly constructed steps of diminishing squares. Medieval socket stone. Tall bronze cross with twisted barley-sugar shaft and quatrefoil head. The shaft is signed and dated 197?

Reasons for Listing

Included as a partly medieval cross with strong group value.

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