Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/07/1997
Date of Amendment
30/07/1997
Name of Property
Hooped Grave Cover in Llangeinor churchyard
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Location
In Llangeinor churchyard, SE section, near front boundary wall.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Unusual survival of a metal grave cover, possibly installed to prevent theft of bodies for medical purposes during C18 -19. It is a series of metal hoops fixed to a framework forming a semicircular grille and is modest in size compared to some stronger larger illustrated versions. Some anti body-snatching devices were used only temporarily and moved to new graves as needed. An alternative possible use is as a temporary grave cover, a development of the more customary wicker version. The modest headstone at top is now illegible; small footstone at opposite end. Churchyard has a number of unusual coffin shaped kerb graves with very small head and footstones.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual survival of a former burial practice and for group value with Church of St Cein.
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