Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
25560
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
18/07/2001  
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001  
Name of Property
Churchyard Cross at Church of St Illtyd  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Goetre Fawr  
Town
Pontypool  
Locality
Mamhilad  
Easting
330522  
Northing
203413  
Street Side
E  
Location
About 30m south west of the Church of St Illtyd.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

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.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as the historic St Illtyd's churchyard cross which, though fragmentary, retains a basic medieval structure.  

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