Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
18/07/2001
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Churchyard Cross at Church of St Illtyd
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
About 30m south west of the Church of St Illtyd.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
The remains of a probably late C15 preaching cross.
Exterior
Cut stone cross base and shaft now much decayed. Square socket stone with broached corners. Square shaft going to octagonal with the shaft progressively more spalled and finally broken at the top. The surviving monument is about 1.5m in height.
Reason for designation
Included as the historic St Illtyd's churchyard cross which, though fragmentary, retains a basic medieval structure.
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